Cicero's Letters are unique, both as evidence for a most important period of ancient history, the end of the Roman Republic, and as a portrayal of the world of Cicero and his numerous correspondents.

Cicero's Letters are unique, both as evidence for a most important period of ancient history, the end of the Roman Republic, and as a portrayal of the world of Cicero and his numerous correspondents; they make Cicero himself the most intimately known person in the whole classical world. The 147 letters that are the subject of this text cover the years 62 to 43 BC