 And in telling his story to Augustus, I can imagine that Augustus was pleased. We have 30 seconds. Who was the major source on Cicero? Cicero himself or did somebody write it? Cicero himself. That's why we have him such heroic speeches. That explains it. Or as you say, he edits himself before he passes it on to history. Emma Southern's the author, A Rome of One's Own. I'm John Batchelor.