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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero, detail of a marble bust; in the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
Before beginning his political career, Cicero received an admirable education in both Rome and Greece.1
His studies included a thorough grounding in philosophy, where he learned under several prominent teachers, including the Epicurean Phaedrus, the Stoic Diodotus, and the Academic Philo of Larissa.2