To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?" Cicero, Orator, 46 BCBy way of 'Dictator' by Robert Harris, 2015

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Cicero, Orator, 46 BC was an ancient Roman politician and philosopher. Cicero was born in 106 (or 106 BC) BC in Arpinum (now Arpino), a small town near Pompeii. After the Social War, Cicero returned to Rome under Julius Caesar, became an expert oratory, and became prominent as a lawyer. He was elected quaestor in 58 BC, and served in the Roman Senate until his death. The last ten years of his life were marked by political conflicts with Mark Antony and later Octavian.

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