Philosopher · Classical antiquity · Italy
Cicero
106–43 BC
Roman statesman, orator, and writer from Arpinum who carried Greek philosophy into Latin. As consul in 63 BC he put down the conspiracy of Catiline. Proscribed by the Second Triumvirate, he was killed in 43 BC.
Facts
- Born
- 106 BC, Arpinum, Italy.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cicero
- Died
- 43 BC, murdered on the orders of Mark Antony after being proscribed.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cicero
- School
- Academic skepticism, with Stoic leanings in ethics.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cicero
- Known for
- The orations, the letters, and philosophical works like De re publica and De officiis that taught Rome to think in Greek categories.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Cicero
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