Cicéron

Marcus Tullius Cicero · Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC) · 106–43 BC

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What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani refers to Cicero mainly as a witness and an orator. He points out that Cicero's writings let us know almost hour by hour what life in Rome was like in his time1, so that this written Rome is better known than Charlemagne's empire2. He warns, however, that one does not judge an era by reading Cicero3. From the orator he takes the Verrines, the pleading that gets Verres convicted, and the phrase "I am a Roman citizen"4 5. He also notes that in the Pro Milone Cicero objects to Milo being called a "saltator" (dancer)6. Twice he takes up the expression "volucribus et feris", which refers to a body left unburied, given over to the birds and the beasts7. He links Cicero to Stoicism, which he associates with Rome's civilizing expansion8. Finally, he notes that Rousseau cites Cicero among the authors who write on virtue9.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero ( SISS-ər-oh, Classical Latin:; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. […]

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