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'''Marcus Tullius Cicero'''{{refn|group=n|The name is infrequently [[anglicized]] as '''Tully'''<ref>E.g., in H. Jones, ''Master Tully: Cicero in Tudor England'' (Nieuwkoop: De Graaf, 1998).</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|ʌ|l|i}}).}} ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|ɪ|s|ə|r|oʊ}}; {{IPA-la|ˈmaːr.kʊs ˈtʊl.lɪ.ʊs ˈkɪ.kɛ.roː|classical}}; 106&nbsp;BC&nbsp;– 7 December 43&nbsp;BC)<ref>{{citation |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Cicero |url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Cicero |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> was a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as [[Roman consul|consul]] in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy [[Municipium|municipal]] family of the [[Roman equestrian order]], and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.<ref>[[Elizabeth Rawson|Rawson, E.]]: ''Cicero, a portrait'' (1975) p. 303</ref><ref>Haskell, H.J.: ''This was Cicero'' (1964) pp. 300–01</ref>
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'''Marcus Tullius Cicero''' (106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a ancient Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as Roman consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.<ref>[[Elizabeth Rawson|Rawson, E.]]: ''Cicero, a portrait'' (1975) p. 303</ref><ref>Haskell, H.J.: ''This was Cicero'' (1964) pp. 300–01</ref>
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Cicero's thoughts on society and family are still relevant today.
   
 
<blockquote>"What society does to its children, so will its children do to society."<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1344229</ref></blockquote>
  
<blockquote>"What society does to its children, so will its children do to society."<ref>https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1344229</ref></blockquote>

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Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a ancient Roman statesman, orator, lawyer and philosopher, who served as Roman consul in the year 63 BC. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.[1][2]

Cicero's thoughts on society and family are still relevant today.

"What society does to its children, so will its children do to society."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rawson, E.: Cicero, a portrait (1975) p. 303
  2. ↑ Haskell, H.J.: This was Cicero (1964) pp. 300–01
  3. ↑ https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1344229
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