Marcus Tullius Cicero Addresses the Assembly
Romans, countrymen, gentlemen of the assembly, I rise today in support of Clodius Marcellus and his bid for the Consulship in the upcoming year. There is but one man who can unite the disparate and bickering factions which dominate Rome and save us from the increasingly bold and dangerous radicals, and that is Marcellus. Our Republic is at a crossroads. If we take the wrong path, we could very well see all of our prized Republican institutions collapse into anarchy and disarray. We must always safeguard vigilantly the Republic and its government which allowed us to become the dominant power in the world!
