Tag: Cicero

On 7th December 43 BC the orator and politician Cicero died at the hands of his enemies, aged 63. He had been a staunch defender of the old Roman Republic but backed the wrong side in the shenanigans that transformed the republic into an empire, and he paid the ultimate price for so doing. He cam...

Cicero was born into an aristocratic family and was prepared for a career in public politics from childhood. Living in Rome, he studied rhetoric from the best orators of his time, and the famous lawyer Quintus Mucius Scaevola taught him Roman laws. Knowing Greek, Cicero mastered the basics of philos...