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De re publica is a dialogue on Roman politics by Cicero, written in six books between 54 and 51 BC. It is written in the format of a Socratic dialogue in which Scipio Africanus Minor takes the role of a wise old man — a typical feature of the genre. Cicero's treatise was politically controversial: by choosing the …