Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher and Academic Skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC. His influence on the Latin language was immense. He wrote more than three-quarters of surviving Latin literature from the period of his adult life, and it has been said that subsequent prose was either a reaction against or a return to his style, not only in Latin but in European languages up to the 19th century.
| Born | 3 January 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy, Roman Republic |
| Died | 7 December 43 BC (aged 63), Formia, Italy, Roman Republic |
| Cause of death | Beheaded by order of Mark Antony |
| Occupation | Statesman, lawyer, writer, orator |
| Political party | Optimates |
| Spouse(s) | Terentia (79–51 BC), Publilia (46–45 BC) |
| Children | Tullia and Cicero Minor |
| Relatives | Quintus Tullius Cicero (brother) |
About Cicero
Consul of the Roman Republic in the year 63 BC who also served in the roles of Governor of the Roman province of Cilicia, Praetor of the Roman Republic, Aedile of the Roman Republic and Quaestor of the Roman Republic in Western Sicily.
Achievement of Cicero
He was born Marcus Tullius Ciceron in Arpinum, Roman Republic (modern-day Arpino, Lazio, Italy). He is known as one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists with accomplishments of introducing Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and creating a Latin philosophical vocabulary.
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Cicero Category.. Caecilia Attica - Pomponia Caecilia Attica or Caecilia Pomponia Attica was the daughter of Cicero's Epicurean friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. She was also the first wife of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, emperor Augustus best friend.. Caecilia Metella (daughter of Metellus Celer) - Caecilia Metella was daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer and Clodia. She was an infamous woman in Rome during the late Republic and a celebrity of sorts.. Civis romanus sum - The Latin phrase cīvis rōmānus sum is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen. When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed to anyone who declared,"civis romanus sum".. Clausula (rhetoric) - In Roman rhetoric, a clausula was a rhythmic figure used to add finesse and finality to the end of a sentence or phrase. There was a large range of popular clausulae. Most well known is the classically Ciceronian esse videātur type.. A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions - A Dialogue Concerning Oratorical Partitions is a rhetorical treatise, written by Cicero. According to the method of the Middle Academy, the treatise is sometimes described as a"catechism of rhetoric," for it is presented in the form of questions and answers.. E pluribus unum - E pluribus unum – Latin for"Out of many, one" – is a traditional motto of the United States, appearing on the Great Seal along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum; its inclusion on the seal was approved by an Act of Congress in 1782.. Recipients of ancient Roman pardons.. Tullii.. Trope theorists.. Philosophers of Roman Italy.. Executed philosophers.. Ancient Roman proconsuls.. Roman aediles.. Ancient Roman scholars of religion.. Classical humanists.. Augurs of the Roman Republic.. Roman-era students in Athens.. 1st-century BC executions.. 1st-century BC philosophers.. Roman quaestors.. People executed by the Roman Republic.. Golden Age Latin writers.. 1st-century BC writers.. Latin letter writers.. Translators of Ancient Greek texts.. Ancient Roman exiles.. Ancient Roman rhetoricians.. Executed writers.. Ancient Roman jurists.. Roman-era Skeptic philosophers.. Ancient Roman equites.. Roman-era philosophers.. Translation scholars.. Roman Republican praetors.. 2nd-century BC Romans.. Roman Republican consuls.. 1st-century BC Romans.
