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Cicero

Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)

  • Fame83.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Italy rank#15
Source-basedStable
  • Fame83.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Italy rank#15
  • Politicians rank#59
  • Wikipedia122K
Lived -106–-43, aged 63Italy
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  • Wikipedia
    134 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Italy
    #15
    Politicians
  • Era
    -106–-43
    Aged 63
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-08-14

He crushed a conspiracy, invented half the philosophical vocabulary still used today, then lost his head for attacking the wrong general. Cicero's speeches shaped two millennia of rhetoric — and got him killed.

Biography

About

Born 3 January 106 BC to a wealthy equestrian family, Marcus Tullius Cicero studied in Rome and Greece before building a career as lawyer and orator. He served as consul in 63 BC, suppressing the Catilinarian conspiracy by executing five plotters without trial — a move that earned him exile in 58 BC, though he returned the next year. Through the turbulent 50s he watched the Republic fracture, took a governorship in Cilicia, then backed Pompey in Caesar's civil war and survived by Caesar's pardon. After Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Cicero led the Senate against Mark Antony, delivering the b…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Cicero

Cicero
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We should never take pleasure in causing pain to others, even to those who have wronged us, but rather strive to do good to all.
Cicero
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They are such fools that they seem to expect that, though the Republic is lost, their fish-ponds will be safe.
— Letters to Atticus, Book I, 18.
Cicero
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And what can be more divine than the exhalations of the earth, which affect the human soul so as to enable her to predict the future ?
— Book I, Chapter III
Cicero
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Here you have a man who desired to be king of the Roman people, and who accomplished his purpose.
— Book III, Sect. 21, as translated by Andrew P. Peabody
Cicero
saidundated
How long will men dare to call anything expedient that is not right?
— Book III, Sect. 22, as translated by Andrew P. Peabody
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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
83.9
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Historical28.4
Now attention20.0
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#15
Category rank
#59
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence