Marcus Cicero
106 – 43 BCE
Roman

Political leader, orator, writer. He was the most famous orator of the ancient world after Demosthenes, also made important contributions to philosophy, mostly as a popularizer and preserver of the works of others. After attacking Mark Anthony, he learned that the latter's soldiers intended to kill him. Too infirm to walk, he tried to escape in a litter born by slaves but was overtaken and dispatched.

Contemporaries
70–19 BCEVirgil
48–15 BCESextus Propertius
43 BCE–17Ovid
fl. 50 BCELucretius
110–57 BCELucius Lucullus
58 BCE–29Drusilla Livia
65–8 BCEHorace
84–54 BCEGaius Catullus
101–44 BCEJulius Caesar
85–42 BCEMarcus Brutus
63 BCE–14Augustus
83–30 BCEMarcus Antonius