Quintus Tullius Cicero

François Prost (Université de Paris IV Sorbonne)

Ed. by Sophia Papaioannou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.1.2: Ancient Roman Writing and Culture (Republic and Empire), -750-476.
Vol. editors: Anca Dan (École Practique de Hautes Études PSL), Martine Diepenbroek (University of Johannesburg), William John Dominik (University of Otago), Giacomo Fedeli (University of Exeter), Victoria Fendel (University of Oxford), Thomas Habinek (University of Southern California), Emily Kneebone (University of Nottingham), Elodie Paillard (University of Sydney), Sophia Papaioannou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens), Guendalina Daniela Maria Taietti (University of Liverpool), Jula Wildberger (American University of Paris)

Dates

Born -102
Died -43
Activity c. -75-c. -43

Places

Born in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)
Active in Ancient Rome (Republic & Empire)

Activities

Primary

Letter-writer/ Diarist
Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Cicero's Works

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Quintus was Marcus’ younger brother, born between 105 and 102 B.C. Before November 68 (

Att

. 1, 5, 2, first extant letter to Atticus, stands as

terminus ante quem

), he had married Pomponia, sister of Cicero’s lifelong friend T. Pomponius Atticus, who gave him his only son, Quintus junior, in 67; yet their union was notoriously unhappy and quarrelsome, in spite of Cicero’s and Atticus’ soothing efforts (see the domestic row during a lunch party narrated in

Att

. 5, 1, 3-4, in May 51), so that they eventually divorced at the end of 45 or beginning of 44.

Following on his brother’s tracks, Quintus entered politics under Marcus’ protection and supervision: he was quaestor in some unidentified province in 69 (Shackleton Bailey 1980, 3; not 68, as in Münzer 1948, col. 1287, l.

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Citation: Prost, François. "Quintus Tullius Cicero". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 14 February 2013; last revised 21 August 2017. [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12951, accessed 24 November 2024.]