Young Cicero seems also to have visited Asia in his company. When Julius Caesar was at the head of the Roman republic, Cicero obtained from him Roman citizenship for Cratippus, and also induced the council of the Areopagus at Athens to invite the philosopher to remain in the city and to continue his instructions in philosophy.
Cicero's association with Young Cicero also involved a trip to Asia. During Julius Caesar's tenure as leader of the Roman republic, Cicero secured citizenship for Cratippus and persuaded the Athenian council to invite the philosopher to stay and continue his philosophical teachings in Athens.