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, accompanied by Young Cicero, traveled to Asia. During Julius Caesar's leadership of the Roman republic, Cicero secured Roman citizenship for Cratippus and convinced the Athenian council of the Areopagus to encourage the philosopher to remain in Athens and continue his philosophical instruction.