Cicero came from a lower aristocratic, land-owing gentry family of the equestrian background and was highly educated with a thorough training in rhetoric and the law. However, as a member of the lower nobility, Cicero would have found it difficult to enter politics directly. As a result, at the age of 18 Cicero served briefly in the military under the command of Strabo, the uncle of Pompey but did not pursue a military path but rather made his name on courts and was known as one of the greatest lawyer in Rome politics by the end of the decade. Additionally, in his legal career Cicero undertook two most significant cases, the Publisu Qunictius and Sextus Roscius, which helped, build up his reputation. Cicero was able to use the influence of
