CICERO, Marcus Tullius

CICERO, Marcus Tullius
(106 BC–43 AD)
   One of this famous orator’s works, De Divinatione, gives some idea of the tradition of augury that draws on Etruscan tradition.

Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. .

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  • Cicero,Marcus Tullius — Cicero, Marcus Tullius. 106 43B.C. Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose. His later writings introduced… …   Universalium

  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and… …   Universalium

  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius — (106–43 BC) The Roman orator and statesman is philosophically important partly as a transmitter of Greek ideas in Latin, but also for the unity of philosophy and rhetoric that he sought to promote. Rhetoric enables the statesman, educated to… …   Philosophy dictionary

  • CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS —    a Roman orator, statesman, and man of letters, born near Arpinum, in Latium; trained for political life partly at Rome and partly at Athens; distinguished himself as the first orator at the Roman bar when he was 30, and afterwards rose through …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero (Rome character) — Marcus Tullius Cicero Rome character Cicero (left) with his slave Tiro Portrayed by David Bamber …   Wikipedia

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