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Cicero Info
Latin 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the Cicero's teacher of rhetoric? | Apollonius Molo of Rhodes |
| What was the quaestor? | treasurer (first office of the Cursus Honorum) |
| What was the aedile? | officer in charge of public works and games |
| What was the praetor? | judge |
| What does a propraetor or proconsul do? | govern a Roman province |
| What was the full name of Cicero? | Marcus (Praenomen) Tullius (Nomen) Cicero (Cognomen) |
| What is the full birthdate of Cicero | January 3 106 BC |
| Where was Cicero born? | Arpinum |
| What was Cicero's social class? | Equites |
| What was Cicero's political party? | Optimates |
| Who was the teacher of Cicero that he defended in a court trial? | Archais |
| Who was the actor that Cicero studied in order to learn theatrical effect in his oratory? | Roscius |
| Who was Cicero's first wife? | Terentia |
| Who was Cicero's second wife? | Pubilia |
| Who was Cicero's daughter? | Tullia |
| Who was Cicero's son? | Marcus |
| What was the full date of Cicero's death | December 7 43 BC |
| Where did Cicero die? | Formiae |
| Who was Verres? | Corrupt governor of Sicily that Cicero prosecuted because he misused funds |
| Who was the lawyer Cicero defeated in the trial of Verres? | Hortentius (this defeat made Cicero the #1 lawyer of this time) |
| What is a novus homo? | A person who was the first in his family to attain high public office such as the cursus honorum |
| What was the Manilian Law? | law that gave Pompey full control of the navy to defeat Mithridates, king of Pontus |
| What honorary title was given to Cicero for uncovering the Catilinarian Conspiracy and punishing many of the conspirators? | pater patriae |
| Who was responsible for Cicero's exile and why? | Clodius because he attacked him and his family after the Bona Dea scandal - when Clodius became consul, he charged Cicero for executing the Catalinarian conspirators without a fair trial |
| What happened to Clodius after Cicero's exile? | he was killed by Milo (Cicero tried to defend Milo by was unsuccessful) |
| What are the Phillipics? | 14 speeches that Cicero gave to discredit Antony |
| Who were the members of the Second Triumvirate? | Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus |
| What was the Proscription List? | A "hit list" that Cicero was put on because of the Phillipics - led to his death |
| What happened to the hand and head of Cicero after his death? | They were placed on the rostra in the Roman Forum |
| What type of orations were delivered to a jury of judges? | Ad Iudices |
| What type of orations were delivered to the senators? | Ad Patres Conscriptos |
| What type of orations were delivered to the Roman citizens? | Ad Quirites |
| Where and to whom was the first oration vs. Cataline delivered? | Ad Patres Conscriptos at the Temple of Jupiter Stator |
| Where and to whom was the second oration vs, Cataline delivered? | Ad Quirites at the rostra |
| Where and to whom was the third oration vs. Cataline delivered? | Ad Quirites at the rostra |
| Where and to whom was the fourth oration vs. Cataline delivered? | Ad Patres Conscriptos at the Temple of Concord |
| What essay was about public speaking? | De Oratore |
| What essay was about neighbors? | De Finitibus |
| What essay was about practical behavior? | De Officiis (this was dedicated to Cicero's son) |
| What essay was about old age? | De Senectude |
| Who was Cicero's best friend to whom he wrote many letters while in exile? | Atticus |
| Who was the brother of Cicero that presided at the trial of Archais? | Quintus |
| What was the exordium in a Roman oration? | introductory remarks - putting the facts "out" |
| What was the narratio in a Roman oration? | statement of facts |
| What was the propositio in a Roman oration? | what points need to be proved (includes the confirmatio (proof) and refutatio (arguments against)) |
| What was the peroratio in a Roman oration? | conclusion - the oration is "through" |
| Who was Cato? | advised the death penalty for the Catilinarian conspirators |
| Who was Grattius? | lawyer who prosecuted Archais |
| Who was the patron of Archais? | Lucullus |
| Who was known for writing the most accurate account of the Catilinarian Conspiracy? | Sallust |
| Who was the secretary of Cicero that was freed at the end of Cicero's life? | Tiro |
| What was the basilica? | law court |
| What two structures were located on the Capitoline Hill? | Temple of Jupiter and arx |
| What was a Comitium? | a meeting place for popular assemblies |
| What seaport shipped goods west of Italy and was located on the Tiber River? | Ostia |
| What seaport shipped goods east of Italy? | Brundisium |
| What was the carcer? | prison |
| What was the tabularium? | where public records were kept |
| What was the Temple of Saturn? | where the state treasury was locatedd |
| What was the Tullianum | dungeon of Rome |
| What wife/wives did Cicero divorce? | Terentia and Pubilia |
| What was the first office of the Cursus Honorum? | quaestor |
| What was the Curia? | the senate house |
| How many times did Cicero serve as consul of Rome? | one |
| Where did CIcero serve his proconsulship? | Cilicia |
| What criminal charge was Cicero given that led to his exile? | he executed some of the Catilinarian conspirators (Roman citizens) without a trial |
| What was the group of letters written by Cicero to his friends? | Ad Familiares |
| Who was a senator and orator who, along with Cicero, persuaded the senate to enact the death penalty on the Catilinarian conspirators? | Cato |
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