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# Cicero

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Cicero at about age 60, from an ancient marble bust

Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA:Classical Latin pronunciation: ['kikeroː], usually pronounced [ˈsɪsərəʊ] in English; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist and philosopher. He is often thought to be one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. [1] [2]

His Latin is thought to be the model of Classical Latin. He introduced Greek philosophy to the to the Romans.

## [edit] References

1. ↑ Rawson, E.: Cicero, a portrait (1975) p.303
2. ↑ Haskell, H.J.: This was Cicero (1964)p.300-301

## [edit] Sources

- Everitt, Anthony 2001, Cicero: the life and times of Rome's greatest politician, Random House, hardback, 359 pages, ISBN 0-375-50746-9
- Haskell, H.J.: (1946) This was Cicero, Fawcett publications, Inc. Greenwich, Conn. USA
- Rawson, Elizabeth (1975) Cicero, A portrait, Allen Lane, London ISBN 0-7139-0864-5
- Taylor, H. (1918). Cicero: A sketch of his life and works. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.

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- General:
  - Links to Cicero resources
  - University of Texas Cicero Homepage
  - The Internet Encyclopædia of Philosophy

- Works by Cicero:
  - Works by Cicero at Project Gutenberg
  - Perseus Project (Latin and English): Classics Collection (see: M. Tullius Cicero)
  - The Latin Library (Latin): Works of Cicero
  - UAH (Latin, with translation notes): Cicero Page
  - De Officiis, translated by Walter Miller
  - Cicero's works: text, concordances and frequency list
- Biographies and descriptions of Cicero's time:
  - At Project Gutenberg
    - Plutarch's biography of Cicero contained in the Parallel Lives
    - Life of Cicero by Anthony Trollope, Volume I – Volume II
    - Cicero by Rev. W. Lucas Collins (Ancient Classics for English Readers)
    - Roman life in the days of Cicero by Rev. Alfred J. Church
    - Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
  - At Heraklia website
  - Dryden's translation of Cicero from Plutarch's Parallel Lives
  - At Middlebury College website
  - Prætor Brutus
- News article on a museum-guide robot named after him

Came after: Lucius Julius Caesar and Gaius Marcius Figulus | Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Antonius Hybrida 63 BC | Came before: Decimus Junius Silanus and Lucius Licinius Murena

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Categories: Ancient Rome | Executed writers | 106 BC births | 43 BC deaths

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