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That doesn't mean he was wrong to kill the four men. I never claimed he was perfect, but he was a better man then Caeser because he unlike Caeser was for a true Republic and not the corrupt "Aristocratic Oligarchy" or Empire.
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Cicero saw no problem with suspending the constitution, adopting martial law, and ruling as a dictator himself (which he very much did). This became the cause of his downfall in Roman politics in 60 B.C.
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This doesn't mean his actions were morally permisable. Like I said before, the end does not justify the means.
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Well, then you'd agree executing four men without trial, imposing martial law, suspending the constitution, and acting as a dictator is itself another case of the ends not justifying the means.
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That maybe true but Cicero supported a true Republic, not the corrupt system prior to Caesers take over.
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Cicero did not oppose the aristocratic, oligarchical senatorial order.