. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages . MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO. ^^^r^^^^^^^e;;^^:::^^. CICERO was not only the greatest orator ofancient times except Demosthenes, butalso an ilhistrious philosopher and patri-otic statesman. He was, indeed, the mostconsummate specimen of the Roman char-acter formed under the influence of Hel-lenic culture. His voluminous writingsgave permanent character to the Latinlanguage, and were beyond all others themeans of transmitting ancient culture tomodern times. Marcus TuUius Cicero was born at Arpinum (now Arpino)in Janua
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages . MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO. ^^^r^^^^^^^e;;^^:::^^. CICERO was not only the greatest orator ofancient times except Demosthenes, butalso an ilhistrious philosopher and patri-otic statesman. He was, indeed, the mostconsummate specimen of the Roman char-acter formed under the influence of Hel-lenic culture. His voluminous writingsgave permanent character to the Latinlanguage, and were beyond all others themeans of transmitting ancient culture tomodern times. Marcus TuUius Cicero was born at Arpinum (now Arpino)in January, 106 b. c, the son of M. Tullius Cicero, an opulentplebeian of the equestrian order. He was liberally educatedat Rome under the direction of numerous teachers, amongwhom were Archias, the Greek poet, whom he defended andeulogized in one of his extant orations, and Philo the Acade-mic philosopher. Cicero learned to speak Greek fluently,and became profoundly versed in Hellenic literature andculture. After studying law under Mucins Sccevola, andserving a campaign in the Social War (89 ), he perfectedhis education by trav
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