Cicero
Cic'e-ro, [Gr. Kwcepuv; It. Cicerone, che-cha-ro'ni ;
Fr. Ciceron, se'sa'rdN'; Ger. Cicero, tsits'J-ro; Sp.
Ciceron, the-thA-r6n',] (Marcus Tullius,) often called
Tully by English writers, an illustrious Roman orator,
philosopher, and statesman, was born at Arpinum, (now
Arpino,) about seventy miles east-southeast of Rome,
on the 3d of January, 106...
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Marcus Tullius. The greatest of the Roman orators. He was born at Arpinum, the native place of Marius, B.C. 106, the same year
which gave birth to Pompey the Great. His family was ancient, and of equestrian rank, but had never taken part in public
affairs at Rome, though both his father and grandfather were persons of consideration in the part of...
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Marcus Tullius Cicero (pronounced /ˈsɪsɨroʊ/; Classical Latin: [ˈkikeroː]; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC), was a Roman philosopher,
statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is
widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists....
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