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Also Known As Tully
Born 106 BCE • Italy
Died December 7, 43 BCE • Formia • Italy
Title / Office consul (63BC-63BC), ancient Rome • governor (51BC-50BC), Cilicia
Notable Works “Academic Philosophy” • “Ad Atticum” • “Ad Brutum” • “Ad Quintum fratrem” • “Ad familiares” • “Brutus” • “De consolatione” • “De finibus” • “De legibus” • “De oratore” • “For Milo” • “On Duties” • “On His Consulship” • “On His Life and Times” • “On the Nature of the Gods” • “On the Republic” • “Pro Cluentio” • “Pro Murena” • “Pro Sulla” • “Tusculanae disputationes”
Movement / Style Ciceronian period • Golden Age

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