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Quintus Tullius Cicero c.102 BC-43 BC, Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 BC); wintered in Gaul (54 BC), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 BC) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus. He was proscribed and killed with his brother.

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106–43 BC) Roman statesman, orator, and writer. A supporter of Pompey against Julius Caesar, in the Philippics (43 BC) he attacked Mark Antony, who had him put to death. As an orator and writer, Cicero established a model for Latin prose.
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