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  2. Writings of Cicero - Wikipedia

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    The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of classical antiquity. Cicero was a Roman politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, philosopher, and constitutionalist who lived during the years of 106–43 BC. He held the positions of Roman senator and ...

  3. Cicero - Wikipedia

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    e. Marcus Tullius Cicero [a] ( / ˈsɪsəroʊ / SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, [4] who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the establishment of the Roman ...

  4. Tusculanae Disputationes - Wikipedia

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    Tusculanae Disputationes. The Tusculanae Disputationes (also Tusculanae Quaestiones; English: Tusculan Disputations) is a series of five books written by Cicero, around 45 BC, [1] attempting to popularise Greek philosophy in Ancient Rome, including Stoicism. [2] It is so called as it was reportedly written at his villa in Tusculum.

  5. Personal life of Cicero - Wikipedia

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    Personal life of Cicero. The personal life of Marcus Tullius Cicero provided the underpinnings of one of the most significant politicians of the Roman Republic. Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, philosopher, and Roman constitutionalist, played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

  6. Catilinarian orations - Wikipedia

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    The Catilinarian orations ( Latin: Marci Tullii Ciceronis orationes in Catilinam; also simply the Catilinarians) are four speeches given in 63 BC by Marcus Tullius Cicero, one of the year's consuls. The speeches all related to the discovery, investigation, and suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy, a plot that year to overthrow the republic.

  7. De Officiis - Wikipedia

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    De Officiis ( On Duties, On Obligations, or On Moral Responsibilities) is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The work discusses what is honorable (Book I), what is to one's advantage (Book II), and what to do ...

  8. Latin literature - Wikipedia

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    Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. Latin literature flourished for the next six centuries. The classical era of Latin literature can be roughly divided ...

  9. Epistulae ad Atticum - Wikipedia

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    Epistulae ad Atticum ( Latin for "Letters to Atticus ") is a collection of letters from Roman politician and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero to his close friend Titus Pomponius Atticus. The letters in this collection, together with Cicero's other letters, are considered the most reliable sources of information for the period leading up to the fall ...

  10. Hortensius (Cicero) - Wikipedia

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    Hortensius ( Latin: [hɔrˈtẽːsi.ʊs]) or On Philosophy is a lost dialogue written by Marcus Tullius Cicero in the year 45 BC. The dialogue—which is named after Cicero's friendly rival and associate, [nb 1] the speaker and politician Quintus Hortensius Hortalus —took the form of a protreptic. In the work, Cicero, Hortensius, Quintus ...

  11. Category:Works by Cicero - Wikipedia

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    Orator (Cicero) Categories: Cicero. Prose texts in Latin. Works by ancient Latin writers. Classical Latin literature. 1st-century BC literature.