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Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA: ;) (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.
Biography
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 family, the Marii. Throughout his life, the conservative Cicero loathed being compared to the more famous Marius. The name "Cicero" is derived from cicer, the Latin word for "chickpea." Plutarch explains that the name was originally applied to one of Cicero's ancestors who had a cleft in the tip of his nose, which resembled that of a chickpea. In fact (Plutarch continues), Cicero was urged to change the theretofore-ignoble name when he entered politics, but he refused. More on [ Cicero ]
@andreicerentini CÃcero
rmflech (Roberto Miotto Flech) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:33:09 -0000
@andreicerentini Cícero
The national budget must B balanced. The public debt must B reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must B moderated & controlled.(Cicero)
cognac62 (Robert Rosengart, MD) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:26:28 -0000
The national budget must B balanced. The public debt must B reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must B moderated & controlled.(Cicero)
Ten children with holiday spirit shop with cops in Cicero today http://bit.ly/5Eky68
PostStandard (The Post-Standard) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:16:41 -0000
Ten children with holiday spirit shop with cops in Cicero today http://bit.ly/5Eky68
Aaaah, I'm reading Shoebox_project for jokes and there's a CIcero (Latin orator) reference in the first chapter I didn't get 4 years ago!
sukidakara (skdkra) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:52:14 -0000
Aaaah, I'm reading Shoebox_project for jokes and there's a CIcero (Latin orator) reference in the first chapter I didn't get 4 years ago!
@leoscott dele? AI MEU PADRE CÃCERO quem trouxe
mamboela (a manoela) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:39:51 -0000
@leoscott dele? AI MEU PADRE CÍCERO quem trouxe
http://twitpic.com/uf3sb - Acidente com ônibus em Cicero Dantas-ba,três casas são atingidas.
al_mundo (André ) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:33:16 -0000
http://twitpic.com/uf3sb - Acidente com ônibus em Cicero Dantas-ba,três casas são atingidas.
4Literature.net: Cicero - Unannotated collection of e-text essays and speeches.
Meta Description: [ Read classic literature by Cicero at 4literature.net ]
Bartleby.com: Cicero - Short biography of the Roman orator, statesman, and philosopher (106 B.C.-43 B.C.). Harvard Classics editions of the Treatises on Friendship and on Old Age, and the Letters, as well as selected quotations from Bartlett.
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Cicero (c. 106-43 B.C.) - Overview of the life and works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Cicero - Against Catiline [Perseus Project] - English translation by Yonge with link to Latin original text, notes and lexica.
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Cicero - For Marcus Tullius [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge
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Cicero - On His House [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge of De Domo Sua
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Cicero - On the Consular Provinces [Perseus] - English translation by Yonge
Cicero - The Dream of Scipio [Washington State University] - An excerpt from Cicero's larger work, De re publica. English translation of Somnium Scipionis by Richard Hooker.
Meta Description: [ A translation of the Dream of Scipio by Cicero from his book, De re publica. This short extract not only contains a summary description of Stoic ethical and political principles, but a detailed explanation of Stoic physics and the Stoic understanding of the order of the cosmos, the logos. ]
Cicero - To Laelius On Friendship [Ancient History Sourcebook] - English translation of De Amicitia by W. Melmoth. Maintained by the Ancient History Sourcebook at Fordham University.
Marcus Tullius Cicero - A site devoted to Cicero at the University of Texas at Austin, including images, texts, chronology, and bibliography.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC - Biography of the life of Cicero from a site about Julius Caesar.
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