Orationes

1695-1699

de Beer Lb 1695 C

[Amsterdam]: P. & I. Blaev

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a philosopher, a politician, an orator and a very successful lawyer. His first criminal case, which he won, saw him defending the alleged patricide, Sextus Roscius in 80 BC. A contemporary of Pompey, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, more of his writings survive to this day than any other Latin author. He was admired by St Jerome (347-420 AD), Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), among others. Mark Antony ordered Cicero’s death in 43 BC and after he was killed his head was displayed in the Forum.