> Of course in the end Cicero was silenced by those who were taking power.
The conflict between Cicero and Mark Antony is a splendid case study of influence versus power and how that conflict ends when power chooses to play its hand.
Mark Anthony may not have ultimately been successful (he was though), in which case Cicero may have lasted a bit longer. He was already 63 when he was executed, so it's not like he lived a short life for the age he lived in.
The conflict between Cicero and Mark Antony is a splendid case study of influence versus power and how that conflict ends when power chooses to play its hand.