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What family background did Marcus Tullius Cicero have in Arpinum?
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, detail of a marble bust; in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born into a wealthy family from Arpinum, a town in Latium.1