Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor (
Minor Latin for
‘the younger’) or
Cicero the Younger (born
65 BCYear 65 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.-Rome:* In response to the illegal exercise of citizen rights by foreigners, the Roman Senate passed the Lex Papia, which expelled all foreigners from Rome....
) was the second child and only son to Rome’s most famous
oratorAn orator, or oratist, is a speaker.An orator may also be called an oratarian - literally, "one who orates".-Etymology:...
,
consul-Ancient Rome:During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the heads of government for the Republic. New consuls were elected every year. There were two consuls, and they ruled together...
and senator Marcus Tullius Cicero from his first marriage to Terentia. His elder sibling, (a sister) was
Tullia CiceronisTullia Ciceronis, also Tulliola was the only daughter and first child to Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero from his first marriage to Terentia...
(
79 BCYear 79 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.-Rome:*Lucius Cornelius Sulla renounces his dictatorship.*Cicero travels to Athens and then to Rhodes to continue his studies of philosophy and oratory....
-
45 BCYear 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect. According to this calendar, it was a leap year starting on Friday .-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, without colleague.*Civil War:...
).
Cicero was studying philosophy in
AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
, when the Roman Dictator
Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar , , was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
was assassinated in March
44 BCYear 44 BC was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:* Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius....
.
Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor (
Minor Latin for
‘the younger’) or
Cicero the Younger (born
65 BCYear 65 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.-Rome:* In response to the illegal exercise of citizen rights by foreigners, the Roman Senate passed the Lex Papia, which expelled all foreigners from Rome....
) was the second child and only son to Rome’s most famous
oratorAn orator, or oratist, is a speaker.An orator may also be called an oratarian - literally, "one who orates".-Etymology:...
,
consul-Ancient Rome:During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the heads of government for the Republic. New consuls were elected every year. There were two consuls, and they ruled together...
and senator Marcus Tullius Cicero from his first marriage to Terentia. His elder sibling, (a sister) was
Tullia CiceronisTullia Ciceronis, also Tulliola was the only daughter and first child to Roman orator and politician Marcus Tullius Cicero from his first marriage to Terentia...
(
79 BCYear 79 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar.-Rome:*Lucius Cornelius Sulla renounces his dictatorship.*Cicero travels to Athens and then to Rhodes to continue his studies of philosophy and oratory....
-
45 BCYear 45 BC was the year the Julian calendar went into effect. According to this calendar, it was a leap year starting on Friday .-Rome:*Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, without colleague.*Civil War:...
).
Cicero was studying philosophy in
AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
GreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula....
, when the Roman Dictator
Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar , , was a Roman military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
was assassinated in March
44 BCYear 44 BC was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:* Consuls: Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Antonius....
. Much to his fathers regret he was often drunk and not as much interested in his studies as his father wished he should have been.
Cicero in June 44 BC,
Marcus Junius BrutusMarcus Junius Brutus , often referred to simply as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic...
and the other political rebels, left
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
and sailed to Greece. Brutus studied philosophy in
AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
and tried to gain support for the war against the
Second TriumvirateThe Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus , Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony, formed on 26 November 43 BC with the enactment of the Lex Titia, the adoption of which marked the end of the Roman Republic...
.
Brutus praised Cicero and admired him for his noble spirit and his detestation of tyranny. While his time in
AthensAthens , the capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the world's oldest cities, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
, Brutus gave Cicero a command and used his services in a number of successful undertakings.
Although he is not as famous as his father, the younger Cicero attained distinction as an officer and during his consulship in
30 BCYear 30 BC was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.-Rome:*Octavian becomes Roman Consul for the fourth time. His partner is Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives.*August 1—Octavian captures Alexandria...
, which he shared with Octavianus (
AugustusGaius Julius Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
[These are the contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian after 45 BC...]
). While in the senate the younger Cicero took down all the statues of
Mark AntonyMarcus Antonius , known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and General. He was an important supporter and the loyal friend of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia...
, cancelled all the honors he ever been awarded and decreed that members of the Antonius family would never bear the name 'Marcus'.
Resources
- Plutarch
Plutarch, born Plutarchos then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 – 120, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia...
- Cicero and Brutus
- http://www.skidmore.edu/classics/cicero/family.html
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