Cicero and Adams: Architects of the Founding

The republican ideals of Cicero heavily influenced the generation of the Founding Fathers in favor of a mixed constitution. The works of John Adams, the unsung hero of the era, brought Ciceronian republican prescriptions to the forefront of American political thought at the time of the Founding. The influence of Cicero through Adams ultimately shaped the structure of the American Constitution and brought about the birth of the American Republic.



SURS: Garrett Lysford from Hellenic Studies on Vimeo.