id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3897 Cicero - Wikipedia .html text/html 14464 2036 68 Marcus Tullius Cicero (/ˈsɪsəroʊ/ SISS-ə-roh; Latin: [ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlːijʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar and Academic Skeptic[2] who played an important role in the politics of the late Roman Republic and upheld optimate principles during the crisis that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.[3] His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.[4][5] He came from a wealthy municipal family of the Roman equestrian order, and served as consul in 63 BC. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3897.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3897.txt