Cicero had some very good reasons for wanting Marcus Antonius dead. Antony HATED Cicero because Antony's stepfather had been one of those Cicero had executed during the Catiline Conspiracy. It is one of the reasons Antony eventually did have Cicero proscribed during the Second Triumvirate. Cicero had good reason to think that with Antony loose and in power he wasn't safe...