HEADLINE: Clodia, Cicero, and the End of the Roman Republic GUEST NAME: Douglas Boin SUMMARY: The conversation focuses on Clodia, the richest woman in Caesar's time, who was attacked by the lawyer Cic
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HEADLINE: Clodia, Cicero, and the End of the Roman Republic GUEST NAME: Douglas Boin SUMMARY: The conversation focuses on Clodia, the richest woman in Caesar's time, who was attacked by the lawyer Cicero. Cicero held a strong grudge against Clodia, hinting at his obsession in letters by refusing to even say her name. This history illuminates the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Empire, involving figures like Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
