An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced. But to Cicero, service to the res publica (literally, "the public affair") was a Roman... Google Books
Born: January 3, 106 BC, Arpino, Italy
Assassinated: December 7, 43 BC, Formia, Italy
Influenced by: Aristotle, Plato, Demosthenes, and more
Full name: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Grandchildren: Cornelius Dolabella and Cornelius Lentulus