Cicero - Notes

Marcus Tullius Cicero (standard English pronunciation [ˈsɪsərəʊ]; Classical Latin pronunciation [ˈkikero]) (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist. Cicero - Biography. Cicero was born in Arpinum and killed at Formia while fleeing from political enemies. "It is no exaggeration", ...

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Cicero was born in Arpinum and killed at Formia while fleeing from political enemies. "It is no exaggeration", wrote Taylor (as cited in "References"), "to say that the most brilliant era of Roman public life was ushered in by Cicero and closed by his death—he stood at its cradle and he followed its hearse." His family, the Tullii, were one of the landed gentry in Arpinum and resented the fame and fortunes of the other great Arpinate families, the Marii. Throughout his life, the conservative Cicero loathed being compared to the then more f ...

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Cicero - Speeches. Of his speeches, eighty-eight were recorded, but only fifty-eight survive. (Some of the items below are more than one speech.) (81 BC) Pro Quinctio (On behalf of Publius Quinctius) (80 BC) Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino (On behalf of Sextus Roscius of Ameria) (77 BC) Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo (On behalf of Quintus Roscius the Actor) (70 BC) Divinatio in Caecilium (Spoken against Caecilius at the inquiry con ...

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Cicero, Cicero - Biography, Cicero - Early life, Cicero - Consul, Cicero - Exile and return, Cicero - Opposition to Mark Antony and death, Cicero - Works, Cicero - Speeches, Cicero - Philosophy, Cicero - Letters, Cicero - Sources, Cicero - Notes

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