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Where was Cicero born?

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    106AD Cicero was born Marcus Tullius Cicero in Arpinum, now Arpino, Italy.

    He studied in Rome. After brief military service and three years' experience as a lawyer defending private citizens, he traveled to Greece and Asia, where he continued his studies. He returned to Rome in 77 BC and began his political career. In 58 BC, Cicero was forced into exile. After a year in Macedonia he was recalled by the Roman general Pompey the Great.

    Cicero was executed as an enemy of the state on December 7, 43 BC in Rome.

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    Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA: [ˈsɪsərəʊ];) (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist.

    Cicero was born in Arpinum and killed at Formia while fleeing from political enemies. "It is no exaggeration", wrote Taylor (as cited in "References"), "to say that the most brilliant era of Roman public life was ushered in by Cicero and closed by his death—he stood at its cradle and he followed its hearse." His family, the Tullii, were one of the landed gentry in Arpinum and resented the fame and fortunes of the other great Arpinate families, the Marii. Throughout his life, the conservative Cicero loathed being compared to the then more famous Marius. The name "Cicero" is derived from cicer, the Latin word for "chickpea." Plutarch explains that the name was originally applied to one of Cicero's ancestors who had a cleft in the tip of his nose, which resembled that of a chickpea. In fact (Plutarch continues), Cicero was urged to change the theretofore-ignoble name when he entered politics, but he refused.

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    2 decades ago

    lol, Peach is the source.

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