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Summer Reading Imperium By Robert Harris

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David McKay Mr, Tryon AWH 4 September 2014 Summer Reading Imperium Book Summary Imperium by Robert Harris is a historical fiction book about a great senator and lawyer in the Roman Empire named Marcus Cicero. His longtime slaves/right hand man, Tiro, narrates the story. Part I details Cicero’s prosecution against Verres, the former governor of Sicily. Part II shows Cicero’s political battles that we went through to get himself elected. PART I Cicero letters Tiro to go to the National Archive, Catulus's territory, to check Verres's quaestorian records as governor of Sicily and finds no records on file. Meanwhile, Verres finds Sthenius guilty of spying in his absence and sentences him to death. Tiro decides arranges to hide Sthenuis– in his …show more content…

At this time in the book, Sthenius is safe as long as he remains in Rome. Crassus returns to Rome, Cicero’s enemy after Cicero refused to support Crasssu’s request for victory over Spartacus. At the same time, Pompey the Great returns from Spain and makes a deal with Crassus: they would try to destroy Cicero. Cicero then has dinner with Sthenius and two men that Verres conned out of their estate. He says that he will run for election as aedile to the only way to accomplish the task is to prosecute Gaius Verres for extorition in Sicily. Later Pompey is given victory and Verres returns to Rome. Finally, Cicero is able to sumit his request to prosecute Verres but another snobbish senator, Caecilius Niger, wants to also prosecute Verres and Cicero has to go and go against a biased jury to be able to prosecute first. Then Cicero leaves Rome and goes to Sicily and they find a lot of crucial evidence to win their …show more content…

In his 39th year, he is ready for elections for a praetorship. He maintains relations with Pompey and agrees to take on the case of Marcus Fonteius, the former governor of Further Gaul being prosecuted for corruption. Cicero agrees so he can end the rumors that he supports foreigners above his native people. Back in the court, he wins the case against the Gauls but is distraught by the death of his cousin, Lucius. Tiro knows he commits suicide, as well as his father. News arrives that Rome is being threatened by pirates A plan is emerged to divided the Mediterranean Sea into 15 zones, with each zone to have its own representative, responsible for cleaning his area clean of pirates and then to make treaties with the local rulers to prevent their return. Rome is in panic because Ostia is destoryed by the pirates. Crassus arrives at Cicero's house offering to support Cicero for consul if he takes the offer with Pompey. But Cicero's rejects the proposal. Cicero then learns that his agrarian reform law was vetoed by the tribune, Marcus

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