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Marcus Tullius Tiro

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Secretary and personal assistant to Marcus Tullius Cicero

WritersLived 103 BC to 4 BC · aged 99
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Marcus Tullius Tiro (73-4 BC) was first a slave, then a freedman, of Cicero from whom he received his nomen and praenomen. He is frequently mentioned in Cicero's letters. After Cicero's death Tiro published his former master's collected works of letters and speeches.

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Marcus Tullius Tiro (73-4 BC) was first a slave, then a freedman, of Cicero from whom he received his nomen and praenomen. He is frequently mentioned in Cicero's letters. After Cicero's death Tiro published his former master's collected works of letters and speeches. He also wrote a considerable number of books himself, and is thought to have invented an early form of shorthand.

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Lived 103 BC to 4 BC · aged 99
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