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41 Cards in this Set
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full name
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marcus tullius cicero
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birthday
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january 3 106 bc
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where born
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near arpinum, italy
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class of father
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equestrian (wealthy)
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where and what did he learn in his formal education
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to rome. rhetoric, poetry and philosophy
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who was one of his teachers
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the greek poet archias
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toga virilis, he began to specialize in what
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oratory and law
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what happened in 79 bce
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he stopped his military and law service and went to athens to continue his formal education... later went to rhodes under Molo in 78
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how many times married and divorced
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twice for both
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who was his first wife and when did he marry her and children with her and when
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terentia in 77 with tullia in 76 and marcus in 65
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when did he divorce his first wife and marry his second
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46 bc
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who was his second wife and how long did that marraige last
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publilia for one year
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what was devastating for him
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the death of his favorite child tullia in 45 also the year that he divorced publilia
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what year and when did he start his cursus honorum
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75 bce and in sicily
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what happened in 70 bce
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called upon to prosecute verres a corrupt ex governor on charge of extortion
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who defended verres and what happened?
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hortensius and he withdrew and verres went into voluntary exile...cicero replaced hortensius as rome's foremost orator
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what happened in 69 bce
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became aedile
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what happened in 66
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became praetor and delivered de imperio cn pompei (manilian law)
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what happened in 63
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became consul
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why was it rare that cicero attained the consulship?
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he was a novus homo meaning that his ancestors had never held high office
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what did cicero supress during his conculship
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the Catilinarian conspiracy, a plot to destroy rome
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who headed the conspiracy to destroy rome
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lucius sergius catilina, a noble and member of the senate, who didn't get the consulship
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how did cataline win mass support
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by making demagogic promises to cancel all debts
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what title did the romans give cicero for thwarting catiline
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pater patriae
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what happened in 58 bce
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clodius demanded cicero's banishment for having put 5 of the conspirators to death without trial
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did cicero go into exile? where and voluntary or involuntary
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yes he did voluntarily to greece in 58
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how long did cicero's exile last and when was he recalled to rome and what did he do when he got back
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a year and a half, recalled in 57 bce and resumed his activities as a lawyer and a writer of philosophy
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what was caesar in 51 bce
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proconsul of cilicia in asia minor
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whose side was cicero on in the civil was in 49 bce
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after much thought, pompey in greece. however, after caesar's triumph, cicero returned to rome and was pardoned by caesar
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who and in what did cicero attack
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he attacked antony in his 14 bitter speeches known as the philippines in 44
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how did antony retaliate
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he put cicero on the proscription list and was beheaded on december 7 43 bce near his villa at formiae
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what were some of cicero's flaws
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too conservative, cavillating, weak and egotistical. he lacked courage and consistency
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what were some of cicero's famous orations
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in catilinam, pro archia and De imperio Cn. Pompei(the speech on the manilian law)
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what were some of cicero's most famous essays
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de oratore, de finibus, de natura deorum, de officiis, de amicitia and de senectute
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what were the four groups of cicero's letters
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one to his best friend Atticus, one to various other friends, one to his brother quintus, one to brutus (caesar's assasin)
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who did cicero influence
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burke, locke and montaigne
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what happened in 90
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began legal studies
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what happened in 88
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beginning of the war with mithridates, king of pontus
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what happened in 81
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ciceros first appearance as a lawyer
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what happened in 81
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cicero's first appearance as a lawyer
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what did cicero deliver in 62
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pro archia
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