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Marcus Tullius Cicero (born Arpinum, Italy, 106 B.C.E.; died Rome, December 7, 43 B.C.E.).
Leader in the last half-century of the Roman Republic. Cicero was consul in 63 B.C.E. -- the first man elected consul who had no consular ancestors in more than 30 years.
- speeches - 58 survive, 88 are recorded
- rhetoric - theoretical and historical works survive
- letters - hundreds of surviving letters were published after his death
- philosophy - political philosophy, ethics, and theology