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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Classical Latin pronounce [ˈkikeroː], usually pronounced /ˈsɪsəroʊ/ in English; January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and philosopher. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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  • More writings of this orator survive than of any other Latin author
  • Ben Franklin dubbed silver-tongued Robert R. Livingston this Roman orator "of America"
  • This orator wrote, "Let arms yield to the toga, the laurel crown to praise"
  • This great Roman orator coined the phrase we translate as "a tempest in a teapot"
  • "There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it", said this Roman orator
  • This Roman orator was beyond jeopardy after he said Octavian "should be given praise...& then be disposed of"
  • Antony wasn't completely heroic; he had this Roman orator executed for bad-mouthing him
  • Legend has it that Marc Antony's wife stabbed this orator's tongue after his death
  • This orator, 106-43 B.C., tried to uphold Republican principles in the Civil War that destroyed Rome

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