Cicero, Marcus Tullius
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪsərəʊ/
Definition of Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- (106–43 bc), Roman statesman, orator, and writer. As an orator and writer Cicero established a model for Latin prose; his surviving works include speeches, treatises on rhetoric, philosophical works, and letters. A supporter of Pompey against Julius Caesar, in the Philippics (43 bc) he attacked Mark Antony, who had him put to death.