Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Cicero across 4 places, from 106 BC to 31 BC.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Cicero is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Cicero was documented, and when
3 January 106 BCexact date
Arpinoattested“Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on 3 January 106 BC in Arpinum, a hill town southeast of Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
88 BCyear
Romeattested“When in Rome during the turbulent plebeian tribunate of Publius Sulpicius Rufus in 88 BC which saw a short bout of fighting between the Sulpicius and Sulla, who had been elected consul for that year, Cicero found himself greatly impresse…”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
48 BCyear
Athensattested“Cicero sent him to Athens to study as a disciple of the peripatetic philosopher Kratippos in 48 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
31 BC to 30 BCperiod
Battle of Actiumattested“Cicero's son, Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor, during his year as a consul in 30 BC, avenged his father's death, to a certain extent, when he announced to the Senate Mark Antony's naval defeat at Actium in 31 BC by Octavian.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
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In each of these, a source puts Cicero and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Cicero was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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87 BCyear
Athensmentioned“In 87 BC, Philo of Larissa, the head of the Platonic Academy that had been founded by Plato in Athens about 300 years earlier, arrived in Rome.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
77 BCyear
Romementioned“Returning to Rome in 77 BC, Cicero again busied himself with legal defence.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
75 BCyear
Sicilymentioned“In the quaestorian lot, he was assigned to Sicily for 75 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
23 May 58 BCexact date
Thessalonicamentioned“He arrived at Thessalonica, on 23 May 58 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
5 August 57 BCexact date
Brundisiummentioned“Cicero returned to Italy on 5 August 57 BC, landing at Brundisium.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
5 August 57 BCexact date
Italymentioned“Cicero returned to Italy on 5 August 57 BC, landing at Brundisium.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
52 BC to 51 BCperiod
Ciliciamentioned“In 51 BC, Cicero reluctantly accepted a promagistracy (as proconsul) in Cilicia for the year; there were few other former consuls eligible as a result of a legislative requirement enacted by Pompey in 52 BC specifying an interval of five…”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
4 January 49 BCexact date
Romementioned“Cicero arrived in Rome on 4 January 49 BC.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
48 BCyear
Farsalamentioned“Cicero traveled with the Pompeian forces to Pharsalus in Macedonia in 48 BC, although he was quickly losing faith in the competence and righteousness of the Pompeian side.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
7 December 43 BCexact date
Formiamentioned“He was caught on 7 December 43 BC leaving his villa in Formiae in a litter heading to the coast, where he hoped to embark on a ship destined for Macedonia.”source: Wikipedia: Cicero
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A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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