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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 41. Chapters: Ablabius (consul 331), Adiatorix, Amatius, Apodemius, Arulenus Rusticus, Attidius (senator), Attus Navius, Aulus Caecina Alienus, Barbatio, Cassius Chaerea, Cicero, Crispus, Epaphroditos, Fabius Valens, Flavius Scaevinus, Gaius Silius (consul designatus 49 AD), Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, Lucius Antistius Burrus, Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus, Lucius Vitellius the Younger, Manius Aquillius (consul 101 BC), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (executed 39), Marcus Marius (quaestor), Marcus Marius Gratidianus, Marcus Perpenna Vento, Proculus, Publius Afranius Potitus, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Publius Egnatius Celer, Publius Petronius Turpilianus, Quinctilius Varus, Quintus Aemilius Laetus, Quintus Lucretius Ofella, Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Saints Vitalis and Agricola, Sejanus, Stilicho, Tigidius Perennis, Valentinus (rebel), Vitrasia Faustina. Excerpt: Marcus Tullius Cicero (; Classical Latin: January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC; sometimes anglicized as Tully) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists. His influence on the Latin language was so immense that the subsequent history of prose in not only Latin but European languages up to the 19th century was said to be either a reaction against or a return to his style. According to Michael Grant, "the influence of Cicero upon the history of European literature and ideas greatly exceeds that of any other prose writer in any language." Cicero introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary (with neologisms such as humanitas, qualitas, quantitas, and essentia) distinguishing himself as a linguist, translator, and philosopher. Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited for initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. According to Polish historian Tadeusz Zieli ski, "Renaissance was above all things a revival of Cicero, and only after him and through him of the rest of Classical antiquity." The peak of Cicero's authority and prestige came during the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, and his impact on leading Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, David Hume, and Montesquieu was substantial. His works rank among the most influential in European culture, and today still constitute one of the most important bodies of primary material for the writing and revision of Roman history, especially the last days of the Roman Republic. Though he was an accomplished orator and successful lawyer, Cicero believed his political career was his most important achievement. It was during his consulship that the Catiline conspiracy attempted the government overthrow through an attack on the city from outside force
