Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BC[1], in Arpino[2]. He died on December 7, 43 BC[3], in Formia[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], poet[6], political theorist[7], jurist[8], and writer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.35% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58,372 views/month, #3,489 of 1,000,298).[10]
Occupation: ancient Roman priest[20], politician[21], military personnel[22], lawyer[23], orator[24]
Field of work: philosophy[25], rhetoric[26], literature[27], politics[28]
Position held: quaestor[29], plebeian aedile[30], praetor[31], ancient Roman senator[32], Roman consul[33], augur[34], Roman governor[35]
Notable work: De Oratore[36], De re publica[37], De legibus[38], De Officiis[39], De Inventione[40], Catiline Orations[41], Philippicae[42], In Verrem[43], Pro Archia Poeta[44], Paradoxa Stoicorum[45], Hortensius[46], De finibus bonorum[47], Tusculanae Disputationes[48]
Cicero has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] He is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
He has been cited as an influence by Voltaire[62], a philosopher[63], 1694–1778[64], of France[65], awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order[66], specialised in philosophy[67]; Thomas Aquinas[68], a theologian[69], 1225–1274[70], specialised in philosophy[71]; Erasmus[72], a translator[73], 1466–1536[74], of Seventeen Provinces[75], specialised in Christian philosophy[76]; Edmund Burke[77], a politician[78], 1729–1797[79], of Kingdom of Ireland[80], specialised in political science[81]; Pierre-Joseph Proudhon[82], an economist[83], 1809–1865[84], of France[85], specialised in philosophy[86]; and Richard Cantillon[87], an economist[88], 1675–1734[89], of Ireland[90].
Works attributed to him include Catiline Orations[91], De finibus bonorum[92], De Officiis[93], Philippicae[94], De re publica[95], and De Natura Deorum[96].
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