Cicero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 14 views
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Cicero was born in 106 BC in Arpinum, a hill town 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Rome. So, although a great master of Latin rhetoric and composition, Cicero was not "Roman" in the traditional sense, and was quite self-conscious of this for his entire life.
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Andy Rosario on 19 Nov 09can you Imagen being born not as a Roman but a barbarian and then becoming a emperor. For him I gets his life was perfect. being born in a town 100kilometers south of Rome. Don't forget he was a great master of Latin rhetoric that is how lucky he is.
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During this period in Roman history, if one was to be considered "cultured", it was necessary to be able to speak both Latin and Greek.
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The Young Cicero Reading, 1464 fresco, now at the Wallace Collection.