Marcus Tullius Cicero - Our thoughts are free.

Our thoughts are free.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Pro Milone. In Pisonem. Pro Scauro. Pro Fonteio. Pro Rabirio Postumo. Pro Marcello. Pro Ligario. Pro Rege Deiotaro. Translated by N. H. Watts, Harvard UP, 1931, p. 93.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Nationality: Roman
Profession: Statesman, Lawyer, Writer, Orator

Biography

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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