seen in Cilicia, serving under Servilius, in a campaign
against the pirates who were marauding along the coast of that country.
While here he was informed of Sulla's death, and at once left the army
and returned home (77). The next year he began his struggle with the
nobility by prosecuting for extortion Dolabella, a former Governor of
Macedonia. Dolabella was a favorite of the Senate, and his cause was
theirs. The best talent was engaged to defend him, and Caesar lost the
case.

Feeling his deficiency as an orator, Caesar went to Rhodes and studied
rhetoric under the famous Apollonius. He had recovered his property
and priesthood, and could well afford the time. While on his way he was
captured by pirates, and not released until a ransom of some $50,000 was
raised and paid. Upon arriving at Miletus he at once got together some
vessels, returned to the island where he had been in captivity,
seized the crew of pirates, took them to Pergamus, and had them tried,
convicted, and crucified. He then resumed his journey to Rhodes, where
he remained two years in the pursuit of his studies. Then the report of
the uprisal of Mithradates reached him, and he at once crossed over to
the mainland, collected a body of volunteers, and saved Caria to Rome.

Having finished his studies, Caesar returned to Rome and lived quietly
for a time with his wife and mother, watching the course of events.

While Caesar was thus preparing himself for the great struggle in which
he was destined to take the leading part, Cicero, the companion of his
youth, was beginning to attract attention at Rome.

MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106-43) was a townsman of Marius. He belonged
to the Equites, and received a good education under the best Greek
teachers. As he ripened into manhood, he chose in politics the party
opposed to Caesar, and for a profession he selected the bar, hoping to
gain fame as a speaker before the Senate, and finally to become one
of its members. He took part in the Social War (89), but during the
troubled times that followed he remained quietly engaged in literary
pursuits. His first public oration (80), the defence of Roscius, who
was falsely accused of murdering his father, was a great success, and
guaranteed for him a brilliant future. Cicero improved the next few
years by study and travel in Asia and Greece. Shortly after his return,
in 75, he was elected Quaestor, and thus became a member of the Senate.
His year of office he spent in