Sample Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman from the first century B.C., was convinced that the upright moral life was the happier life. The Republic became the blueprint of the U.S. government almost 2,000 years after it was written. In The Laws , Cicero defends his understanding of the upright moral life and beco Memoria Press product: https://www.memoriapress.com/curriculum/classical-studies/the-republic-and-the-laws-teacher-guide-second-edition/