Vita di Cicerone
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Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life of Cicero | 1 |
| Vita di Cicerone canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Vita di Cicerone Context triple: [Leonardo Bruni, notableWork, Vita di Cicerone]
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
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De casibus virorum illustrium
De casibus virorum illustrium is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that recounts the tragic downfalls of famous historical and mythological figures as moral exempla on the instability of fortune.
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Non plus ultra
Non plus ultra is a Latin phrase meaning "nothing further beyond," historically associated with the limits of the known world and later adopted as a proud emblem of surpassing boundaries.
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De viris illustribus
De viris illustribus is a late 4th-century biographical work by Jerome that catalogs and briefly describes notable Christian authors and their writings.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Vita di Cicerone Target entity description: Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
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A.
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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B.
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta
Rerum vulgarium fragmenta is a seminal 14th-century Italian lyric poetry collection by Petrarch that helped shape the development of Renaissance humanism and the European sonnet tradition.
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C.
De casibus virorum illustrium
De casibus virorum illustrium is a 14th-century Latin prose work by Giovanni Boccaccio that recounts the tragic downfalls of famous historical and mythological figures as moral exempla on the instability of fortune.
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D.
Non plus ultra
Non plus ultra is a Latin phrase meaning "nothing further beyond," historically associated with the limits of the known world and later adopted as a proud emblem of surpassing boundaries.
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E.
De viris illustribus
De viris illustribus is a late 4th-century biographical work by Jerome that catalogs and briefly describes notable Christian authors and their writings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Renaissance Latin prose work
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biographical work ⓘ humanist biography ⓘ |
| about |
Cicero’s literary production
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Cicero’s moral character ⓘ Cicero’s philosophical activity ⓘ Cicero’s political career ⓘ Roman Republic politics ⓘ Roman oratory ⓘ life of Cicero ⓘ |
| aim |
to present Cicero as a moral and civic exemplar
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to reassess Cicero’s role in Roman history ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Florentine chancellery humanism ⓘ |
| author | Leonardo Bruni ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Republic of Florence ⓘ |
| evaluates |
Cicero’s oratorical style
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Cicero’s philosophical stance ⓘ Cicero’s political decisions ⓘ |
| genre |
biography
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humanist literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | humanist moral evaluation of Cicero ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early Italian humanism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cicero’s own writings
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ancient historiography ⓘ classical Roman biographies ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated Latin readers
ⓘ
humanist scholars ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Cicero
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surface form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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| movement | Italian Renaissance humanism ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Florence ⓘ |
| portrays |
Cicero as a defender of the Republic
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Cicero as a model of civic virtue ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Trattatello in laude di Dante
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surface form:
Vita di Dante
Vita di Petrarca ⓘ |
| scholarlyField |
Ciceronian studies
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Renaissance studies ⓘ classical reception studies ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 15th century ⓘ |
| tradition | Latin biographical tradition ⓘ |
| usesSource |
Cicero’s letters
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In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations) ⓘ
surface form:
Cicero’s speeches
ancient Roman historians ⓘ |
| workOf | Leonardo Bruni’s biographical corpus ⓘ |
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Subject: Vita di Cicerone Description of subject: Vita di Cicerone is a humanist biographical work on the Roman orator Cicero, written by the early Renaissance scholar and statesman Leonardo Bruni.
Referenced by (2)
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