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Cicero, Marcus Tullius

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b. 3 January 106 BC in Arpinum; murdered near Formiae on 7 December 43 BC; distinguished Roman orator, politician and writer. Works The large œuvre comprises letters ( epistulae), orations ( orationes; of ca. 100 attested speeches 58 are still extant; some only in fragments), as well as philosophical and rhetorical writings ( philosophica and rhetorica); remnants of poetry ( poetica) are also preserved. Manuscripts Epistulae: Relatively few manuscripts transmit Cicero’s letters; the tradition consists mainly of three corpora. Two corpora transmit the correspo…