![Roman Statesman and Philosopher Cicero](https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/cicero.jpg?w=360)
Full Name: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Profession: Roman Statesman and Philosopher
Nationality: ![Roman Empire](https://www.onthisday.com/images/flags/roman-empire.svg)
Roman
Biography: One of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.
Born: January 3, 106 BC
Birthplace: Arpinum
Star Sign: Capricorn
Died: December 7, 43 BC (aged 63)
Cause of Death: Killed as part of the proscriptions
Historical Events
- 0063-12-05 BC Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations
- 0044-09-02 BC The first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.
- 0043-12-07 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman orator and politician is assassinated in Formiae by soldiers under the command of Marc Antony