Imperium

Marcus Cicero; brilliant lawyer and orator, famous wit and philosopher, he launched himself, at twenty-seven, into the treacherous world of Roman politics, determined to attain imperium, the supreme power in the state. Beside him in his struggle to reach the office of Consul was his confidential secretary, Tiro: the inventor of shorthand, author of numerous books, including a famous life of Cicero, which vanished in the Dark Ages. Harris has recreated Tiro's lost masterpiece.