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

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  • 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.

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Somnium Scipionis by Cicero, 15th century

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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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing thirteen texts