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* [[Simple Country Lawyer]]: Part of his technique was the Roman version of this: like many ''novi homines'', he came from one of the smaller towns in Latium (in his case, Arpinium) that had been granted Roman citizenship relatively recently. And he did work his way up the legal profession to Consulship and then the Senate.
* [[Simple Country Lawyer]]: Part of his technique was the Roman version of this: like many ''novi homines'', he came from one of the smaller towns in Latium (in his case, Arpinium) that had been granted Roman citizenship relatively recently. And he did work his way up the legal profession to Consulship and then the Senate.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: There is evidence both Julius Caesar and his nephew Octavian - thence [[Emperor Augustus]] - respected Cicero [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Cicero*.html#49.5 as a great man of Rome].
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: There is evidence both Julius Caesar and his nephew Octavian - thence [[Emperor Augustus]] - respected Cicero [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Cicero*.html#49.5 as a great man of Rome].
** After Antony fell to Octavian, the first Consul that Octavian appointed to serve with him was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicero_Minor Cicero's son]. It was Cicero the Younger who announced Marc Antony's death at Actium, and he later worked to remove Antony's entire family from political power, avenging his father's death with Augustus' approval.
** After Antony fell to Octavian, the first Consul that Octavian appointed to serve with him was [[wikipedia:Cicero Minor|Cicero's son]]. It was Cicero the Younger who announced Marc Antony's death at Actium, and he later worked to remove Antony's entire family from political power, avenging his father's death with Augustus' approval.
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=== Cicero in Fiction: ===
=== Cicero in Fiction: ===