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Robert Buckmaster
Apr 01, 2025
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Marcus Tullius Tiro was Marcus Tullius Cicero's secretary. Cicero was a Roman Senator at the end of the Roman Republic and an enemy of Caesar. Cicero failed to realise that the Republic was hopelessly corrupt and Empire under (hopefully good and competent) emperors was the only way forward. After Cicero's murder in 43 BC Tiro collated and published Cice…

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