Cicero

E36808

Cicero was a renowned Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher whose speeches and writings profoundly influenced Latin literature and Western political thought.

All labels observed (7)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman statesman
consul of the Roman Republic
human
lawyer
orator
philosopher
rhetorician
writer
ally Pompey the Great
surface form: Pompey

Roman Senate
surface form: Senate of the Roman Republic
birthDate 106 BC
birthPlace Arpinum
Roman Republic
causeOfDeath execution
child Cicero self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor

Tullia Ciceronis
citizenship Roman Republic
cognomen Cicero self-link
correspondent Atticus
deathDate 43 BC
deathPlace Formiae
Italy
educatedAt Athens
Rhodes
Rome
era Late Roman Republic
familyName Tullius
fullName Cicero self-linksurface differs
surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
genre judicial oratory
letters
philosophical dialogue
political oratory
givenName Marcus
influenced Enlightenment political thought
Renaissance humanism
Augustine of Hippo
surface form: Saint Augustine

St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas
influencedBy Aristotle
Epicureanism
Plato
Stoicism
killedBy agents of the Second Triumvirate
knownFor Latin prose style
defense of the Roman Republic
development of Roman rhetoric
influence on Western political philosophy
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
nomen Tullius
notableWork Cato the Younger
surface form: Brutus

De finibus bonorum et malorum
De legibus
De natura deorum
De officiis
De oratore
De re publica
In Catilinam (Catilinarian Orations)
De oratore
surface form: Orator

Philippicae
Tusculanae Disputationes
occupation author
lawyer
orator
philosopher
statesman
opponent Catiline
Mark Antony
philosophicalSchool Skepticism
surface form: Academic skepticism
positionHeld augur
consul of the Roman Republic
praetor
quaestor
praenomen Marcus
religion Roman polytheism
spouse Publilia
Terentia

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (149)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Book 8 philosopherDiscussed Cicero
subject surface form: Book 8 (The City of God)
Anniceris sourceMention Cicero
Caecilia Attica notableRelative Cicero
this entity surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Tusculum notableResident Cicero
Tusculum associatedAuthor Cicero
De officiis author Cicero
Lanuvium mentionedBy Cicero
Porcia gens sourceMention Cicero
“Of Friendship” references Cicero
subject surface form: Of Friendship
Pater Patriae earliestFamousRecipient Cicero
this entity surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
De Ira influencedBy Cicero
Somnium Scipionis author Cicero
this entity surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Cicero’s Dream of Scipio author Cicero
this entity surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Middle Stoa influenced Cicero
Leontini mentionedBy Cicero
Philodemus contemporaryOf Cicero
Pessinus mentionedBy Cicero
Neostoicism influencedBy Cicero
De Constantia influencedBy Cicero
Joost Lips influencedBy Cicero
Catiline His Conspiracy historicalFigureDepicted Cicero
this entity surface form: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Juno Sospita mentionedBy Cicero