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Also Known As Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus
Born 110 BCE • Rome • Italy
Died 32 BCE
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Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
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Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand.
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Richard Bentley, detail of an oil painting by James Thornhill, 1710; in Trinity College, Cambridge.
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