The Life & Works of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero is credited with being one of the greatest of the Roman orators. "He was born at Arpinum, the native place of Marius, 106 BCE., the same year, which gave birth to Pompey the Great. His family was ancient, and of equestrian rank, but had never taken part in public affairs at Rome, though both his father and grandfather were persons of consideration in the part of Italy in which they resided." (Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Letters to friends / edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001).His father determined to educate…