Why Is Cicero Important?

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman lawyer, writer, and orator. He is famous for his orations on politics and society, as well as serving as a high-ranking consul.

Who was Cicero and why was he important?

Cicero was a Roman orator, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher. During a time of political corruption and violence, he wrote on what he believed to be the ideal form of government. Born in 106 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero came from a wealthy landowning family.

Why was Cicero important to history?

A brilliant lawyer and the first of his family to achieve Roman office, Cicero was one of the leading political figures of the era of Julius Caesar, Pompey, Marc Antony and Octavian.

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