person
Marcus Tullius Cicero (the elder)
Cicero's father
also: pater, Our father
Father of the orator and of Quintus, an equestrian of Arpinum of scholarly leanings and poor health who maintained the family at Rome. His death is reported (28 November) in Att. 1.6.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.6 §2 Our father has died on the 28th of November
The Latin dates the death "a. d. iv Kal. Dec." --- the fourth day before the Kalends (first) of December, i.e. 28 November, by Roman inclusive counting. The deceased is M. Tullius Cicero the elder, the orator's father.