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John II (2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero , after the Roman orator of the same name , but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.
- 11 March 1486 – 9 January 1499
- Margaret of Baden
John II (2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator of the same name, but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.
John II (2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator of the same name, but the elector's eloquence and interest in the arts is debatable.
- Cicero – Quick Facts
- Birth and Early Life
- Major Achievements of Cicero
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- The Fallout from Suppressing The Second Catilinarian Conspiracy
- Cicero and Julius Caesar
- The Bitter Feud Between Cicero and Mark Antony
- How Did Cicero Die?
Born– 106 BC Place of birth– Arpinum, Italy, Roman Republic Died– 43 BC Place of death– Formia, Italy, Roman Republic Cause of death– beheaded Mother– Helvia Brother– Quintus Tullius Cicero Spouses– Terentia (79-51 BC), Publilia (46-45 BC) Children– Tullia, Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor (Cicero the Younger) Notable works – On the Commonwealth, On the...
Born in 106 BC just outside of Rome, Cicero is said to have hailed from a reasonably wealthy family. As such he received the very best education in Rome and Athens. For a few number of years, he was in the military, where he served in the armies of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Pompeius Strabo during the Social War (91-87 BC). It’s said that he had ve...
Cicero is most remembered for his powerful orations and writings about the social life, politics and military apparatus in ancient Rome. The orator was also once a very important consul in Rome. The following are some notable achievements of Cicero.
His name was derived from cicer, the Latin for chickpea. According to Roman historian Plutarch, the Cicero name was given to a distant relative of Cicero who had a cleft lip that looked like a chic...When he first entered into politics, some associates of him urged him to change his name. Cicero refused, stating that he intended to make the family name very great.Roman educator and rhetorician Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was full of tremendous praise of Cicero. Quintilianus stated that Cicero was the embodiment of eloquence itself. This explains how the Engl...Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, took a great deal of inspiration from the works of Cicero.Cicero was for very long period of time placed under the microscope for his use of force to end a rebellion known as the Second Catilinarian conspiracy. It was said that Cicero did not even bother to give the instigators and revolutionaries a trial. This action of his came back to bite him a few years later. In spite of the heavy criticisms he rece...
During Julius Caesar’s Civil War (49-45 BC), a war that saw Caesar fight against another triumvir Pompey the Great, Cicero sidedwith Pompey. Cicero had to flee Rome when Caesar invaded the region in 49 BC. He made his way to Dyrrachium, Illyria. After Pompey had been defeated by Caesar’s forces at the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Cicero was called...
The politicians (including Marcus Junius Brutus) that murdered Caesar wanted Cicero to restore the Republic. In the slightly unstable period after Caesar’s assassination, Cicero emerged as the leader of Rome. However, he had to contend with Roman general and politicians Mark Antony, who at the time was bent on bringing to justice the people who mur...
Unfortunately for Cicero, Octavian (later future Roman Emperor Augustus), Caesar’s adopted son and heir, and Mark Antony patched things up in order to effectively go after the men who killed Caesar. Against Octavian’s wishes, Cicero was accused of being an enemy of the state. Cicero was left with no other option than to flee. He was later apprehend...
Writings of Cicero. The writings of Marcus Tullius Cicero constitute one of the most renowned collections of historical and philosophical work in all of classical antiquity. Cicero was a Roman politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, philosopher, and constitutionalist who lived during the years of 106–43 BC.
Philosophy: De Oratore. The political career of Marcus Tullius Cicero began in 76 BC with his election to the office of quaestor (he entered the Senate in 74 BC after finishing his quaestorship in Lilybaeum, 75 BC), and ended in 43 BC, when he was assassinated upon the orders of Mark Antony. Cicero, a Roman statesman, lawyer, political theorist ...
16 de dic. de 2009 · Marcus Cicero (106-43 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher who was considered the greatest orator of the late Roman Republic. Cicero was one of the leading political figures in the era of Julius Caesar ...
