“Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.” …..Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC; sometimes anglicized as Tully) – a Roman diplomat, constitutionalist, lawyer, orator, philosopher, political theorist and politician, who is widely-considered to be one of Romes greatest orators and prose stylists. ___________________________ MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO Marcus Tullius Cicero was born into a wealthy urbane family of the Roman equestrian order (the lower of the two aristocratic classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the patricians or rulers), and grew up to be a Roman diplomat, constitutionalist, lawyer, orator, philosopher, political theorist and politician. He was perhaps one of Romes greatest orators and prose stylists. Cicero introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary (with neologisms such as humanitas, qualitas, quantitas, and essentia) distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. Though a successful lawyer, philosopher and linguist-orator, Cicero believed (perhaps to his unbecoming) that his political career was his most important achievement. It was during his consulship that the Second Catilinarian Conspiracy attempted the government overthrow through an attack on the city from outside forces, and Cicero suppressed the revolt by executing five conspirators without due process. During the chaotic latter half of the 1st century BC marked by civil wars and the dictatorship of Gaius Julius Caesar, Cicero championed a return to the traditional republican government. Following Julius Caesars death Cicero became an enemy of Mark Antony in the ensuing power struggle, attacking him in a series of speeches. He was proscribed as an enemy of the state by the Second Triumvirate and subsequently murdered in 43 BC. __________________ By AVDHESH SHUKLA
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