num_pages: 305
description: From the bestselling author of Pompeii comes the first volume in an exciting new trilogy set in ancient Rome — an imaginary biography of Cicero, Rome’s first and greatest politician.Of all the great figures of Roman times, none was more fascinating or attractive than Marcus Cicero. A brilliant lawyer and orator, a famous wit and philosopher, he launched himself at the age of twenty-seven into the violent, treacherous world of Roman politics. Cicero was determined to attain imperium, the supreme power in the state. Beside him at all times in his struggle to reach the top — the office of Consul — was his confidential secretary, Tiro. An accomplished man, Tiro was the inventor of shorthand and the author of numerous books, including a famous life of Cicero, unfortunately lost in the Dark Ages.In Imperium, Robert Harris recreates Tiro’s vanished masterpiece, recounting in vivid detail the story of Cicero’s rise to power, from radical young lawyer to first citizen of Rome, competing with men such as Pompey, Caesar, Crassus and Cato.Harris’s Cicero is an immensely sympathetic figure. In his introduction to this imaginary memoir, Taro “Cicero was unique in the history of the Roman republic in that he pursued supreme power with no resources to help him apart from his own talent... All he had was his voice, and by sheer effort of will, he turned it into the most famous voice in the world.”From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Imperium
titlecomplete: Imperium (Cicero, #1)
characters: Cato the Younger, Marcus Lollius Palicanus, Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Lucius Lucullus, Lucius Afranius, Lucius Sergius Catilina, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus Fonteius, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Publius Nigidius Figulus, Quintus Lutatius Catulus Capitolinus, Aulus Gabinius, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Gaius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Tullia, Metellus Scipio Nasica, Manius Acilius Glabrio, Marcus Caelius Rufus, Terentia, Marcus Tullius Tiro, Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, Servilia (mother of Brutus), Marcus Antonius, Gaius Verres, Lucius Manlius Torquatus (praetor 49 BC), Marcus Terentius Varro
genres: Historical, Roman, Ancient History, Italy, Novels, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 33459
places: Italy, Rome
series: Cicero
publisher: Pocket