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| Which great Roman writer was born in Arpinum? | Cicero |
| Cicero's full name? | Marcus Tullius Cicero |
| Cicero's dates? | 106-43 B.C. |
| Cicero's brother's name? | Quintus |
| Under which famous lawyer did Cicero study? | Q. Mucius Scaevola |
| Under which Greek poet did Cicero study, then later defend? | Archias |
| What is significant about Cicero's speech "Pro Quinctio" | it was the first speech which he delivered |
| What is the term, applied to Cicero, for a man who is the first in his family to achieve high office? | novus homo |
| Where did Cicero serve as quaestor? | Sicily |
| What is significant about Cicero's speech "Pro Roscio Amerinco"? | 1st important speech - he successfully defends Roscius against one of Sulla's henchmen |
| Who was the notorious governor of Sicily whom Cicero prosecuted? | Verres |
| What is the title of Cicero's speeches against the notorious governor of Sicily? | "In Verrem" |
| Who was the famous defense lawyer for Verres when Cicero was prosecuting the ex-governor? | Hortensius |
| What was the year of Cicero's consulship? | 63 B.C. |
| Who plotted to overthrow the government during his consulship? | Catiline |
| What is the title of Cicero's speeches against the man who plotted to overthrow Cicero's government? | In Catilinam |
| What honor did Cato the Younger have bestowed on Cicero for his putting down Catilines' Conspiraccy? | pater patriae |
| Who was the notorious figure at the center of the Bona Dea Scandal? | Clodius Pulcher |
| How did Clodius Pulcher manage to secure an innocent verdict in the Bona Dea court case in which Cicero was the prosecutor? | he bribed the jury |
| What was the reason for Cicero going into exile in Greece? | Clodius Pulcher, as tribune, brought Cicero up on charges of executing Roman citizens without a trial |
| With whom did Cicero side during the Civil War? | Pompey |
| Who allowed Cicero to safely return to Rome from his exile in Greece? | 1st triumvirate |
| What member of the 2nd triumvirate did Cicero write speeches against? | Marc Antony |
| What is the name of Cicero's speeches against Marc Antony | the Phillipics |
| Who is the Greek orator who gave the original Phillipics and is considered the greatest orator of the western world? | Demosthenes |
| Who had Cicero "proscribed"? | Marc Antony |
| How many "Phillipics" did Cicero write? | 14 |
| How many speeches against Catiline did Cicero write? | 4 |
| Who was Cicero's first wife? | Terentia |
| Who was Cicero's beloved daughter whose early death consumed Cicero? | Tullia |
| How many of Cicero's letters survive? | over 800 |
| Who Cicero's secretary? | Tiro |
| How many groups of letters are there in the Cicero collection? | four |
| What is the larges group of Cicero's letters called | Epistulae ad Atticum |
| Who was Cicero's closet friend who lived most of his adult life in Greece? | Atticus |
| To whom were the Epistulae ad Familiares written? | some 90 friends and relations |
| To which important Roman political figure did Cicero address some 25 letters | Brutus |
| Who was the brother of Cicero to whom one group of letters were sent? | Quintus |
| How many of Cicero's speeches survive nearly completely? | 57 |
| Of all of Cicero's speeches, how many were actually delivered? | all except In Verrem (only the first) and the 2nd Phillipic |
| What was the purpose of Cicero's speech "On the Manilian Law"? | to give a military command to Pompey |
| Which of Cicero's Catiline speeches were delivered at the Rostra? | 2 & 3 |
| Which of Cicero's Catlilline speeches were delivered at Jupiter Stator? | 1st |
| Which of Cicero's speeches were delivered at the T. of Concord? | 4th |
| Whose murder was the center of Cicero's "Pro Milone" | Clodius Pulcher |
| Which speech of Cicero's was primarily a praise of poetry? | Pro Archia |
| Which philosophical work includes the Somnium Scipio (Dream of Scipio)? | De Republica |
| Name two of Cicero's works on oratory | De Bruto and De Oratore |
| Which work of Cicero's is a translation of a poem by the Greek poet Aratus?' | Phaenomena |
| What are Cicero's two poems about his own greatnes? | De Consultatu and De Temporibus |
| Who wrote: "O fortunatam natam me consule Romam | Cicero |
