Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman orator, statesman, and writer. He was born on 6 January 106 BCE at either Arpinum or Sora, 70 miles south-east of Rome, in the Volscian mountains. His father was an affluent eques, and the family was distantly related to Gaius Marius. He is not to be confused with his son (of the same name) or Quintus Tullius Cicero (his younger brother). Cicero died on 7 December 43 BCE, trying to escape Rome by sea.
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106 BCERoman statesman and orator Cicero is born.
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79 BCECicero leaves Rome for two years in order to improve his health and improve his learning.
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70 BCECicero successfully prosecutes Verres.
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c. 62 BCECicero successfully prosecutes the revolutionary Catiline.
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58 BCE - 57 BCECicero is exiled from Rome.
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51 BCE - 50 BCECicero governs the province of Cilicia.
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44 BCECicero writes his De Officiis.
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43 BCE - 36 BCESecond Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus (official approval by the Roman Senate). Mass proscriptions including Cicero.
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43 BCERoman statesman and orator Cicero dies.
