[1] T., M. Tullius Cicero's secretary, 1st cent. BC
Born in the house of Cicero's (= Cic.) grandfather in Arpinum as son of a prisoner of war, therefore as a slave, in 103 BC (according to [3] in 80 BC). T. was made a freedman by his master Cic., who was not much older than he, only in 53 (cf. Cic. Fam. 16,16,1). He was a valuable help to his master in all possible ways, as the latter repeatedly emphasized (for …
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Zelzer, Michaela (Vienna) and
Schumacher, Leonhard,
“Tiro”, in:
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