A Quick Summary of Cicero's essay "The Dream of Scipio"

If you ever wanted to understand Scipio's Dream (and its modern reception) without reading it, here it is. Expect a follow-up review/opinion piece expanding on the 2nd paragraph in the future.

The Dream of Scipio is the sixth and last book from a larger work by Cicero called “On The Commonwealth,” (De re publica) in which he uses the character of Scipio Aemilianus to give a first person account of a number of significant accomplishments in Roman history. For some background, Scipio Aemilianus was consul in both 147 and 134 B.C. and general in…