Cicero, Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BCE (Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer)

Person

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Dates

Existence: -0105-0042- - -0042

Biography

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. He was born in 106 BCE in Arpinum. He was killed in 43 BCE. His writings include books of rhetoric, orations, philosophical and political treatises, and letters. He was considered a master of Latin prose and was greatly admired by influential Church Fathers such as Augustine of Hippo and St. Jerome. He was also very influential among medieval philosophers.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

De natura deorum [incomplete] by Cicero, 12th century

Part

Identifier: MS 16/ff. 180r-192r

Contents

This section of the manuscript contains a version of De Natura Deorum ('On the Nature of the Gods') by Cicero. This text was originally written in 45 BCE and is a philosophical dialogue.

This section starts on f. 180r with the words Nam si singulas disciplinas, and ends on f. 192r with videretur esse propensior. Explicit liber de natura deorum.

Dates: 12th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / MS 16: Composite manuscript including ten texts

Notes taken at lectures on Cicero by John Pringle

Collection — Volume Gen.74

Identifier: Coll-1726

Scope and Contents

Notes taken by R. Brown at lectures on Cicero given by John Pringle. Near complete transcript here.

Dates: 1741

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Somnium Scipionis by Cicero, 15th century

part

Identifier: MS 119/ff. 15r-21r

Contents This section contains a version of Cicero’s Somnium Scipionis (The Dream of Scipio). This is the sixth book of Cicero’s De republica.In this manuscript, this text begins at the bottom of f. 15r with the following incipit: Incipit somnium scipionis a M. T. Cicerone compositum. The text itself starts on f. 15v with the words ...

Dates: 15th century