Cicero was not fighting to save the Republic, he only claimed to be. The Republic was so corrupt at the time it wasn't a Republic but a Kleptocracy, and Cicero was only trying to gain power.
Eh, I think he was a good guy but he was fighting for something had been dead for awhile. Still, the republic was utterly fucked by that point and needed to go.
Except Cicero was fighting to save the Republic that Anthony was raping through elections fraud and violent intimidation....
Cicero was not fighting to save the Republic, he only claimed to be. The Republic was so corrupt at the time it wasn't a Republic but a Kleptocracy, and Cicero was only trying to gain power.
^What he said. I also rather enjoy the thought of how good it must have felt for Octavian to avenge his "father"
Eh, I think he was a good guy but he was fighting for something had been dead for awhile. Still, the republic was utterly fucked by that point and needed to go.