Cicero and Augustus were enemies. In fact, Cicero hated Augustus. In front of him, he complimented him restlessly. But, behind Augustus' back, Cicero made the most nasty comments about him.
Later, after Augustus found out about it, he was in the 2nd Triumvirate. This means he had the power to proscribe and kill Cicero, which he did. According to history, Augustus hung Cicero's head on public display at a public ceremony, and Marc Antony's wife pulled out the tongue and kept pricking it with her hairpin.
This story also has a moral. It is as following:
Shut up and do your homework.
Cicero was beheaded because he was proscribed (named an enemy of the State) by the Second Triumvirate - Octavian (later known as Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony. Cicero had previously opposed Antony - and had succeeded in having him proscribed (but he then reconciled with Octavian). After the alliance, the Second Triumvirate, was formed - they began to proscribe their enemies and rivals, including Cicero.
Yes, Cicero had a son whose name was Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor, or "Cicero the Younger." Cicero wrote "Partitiones Oratoriae" for his son with the hopes that Cicero the Younger would go into oratory.
No, Cicero was a Roman.
No, Cicero was a lawyer, philosopher and politician.
They left Cicero out because of his age.
Cicero was beheaded because he was proscribed (named an enemy of the State) by the Second Triumvirate - Octavian (later known as Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony. Cicero had previously opposed Antony - and had succeeded in having him proscribed (but he then reconciled with Octavian). After the alliance, the Second Triumvirate, was formed - they began to proscribe their enemies and rivals, including Cicero.
No, they were bitter enemies.
Cicero was a firm republican. Marc Antony was a populist. They were bitter enemies. There was no way that Cicero would consider giving Marc Antony any power whatsoever.
Mark Antony and Octavian (the future Emperor Augustus) murdered Cicero along with dozens of other senators (eighty or a hundred, the characters get conflicting reports). See Act IV Scene 3.
Cicero was killed by Herennius (a centurion) and Popilius (a tribune). He was proscribed (identified as an enemy of the State) by the Second Triumvirate - Octavian (later known as Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony. However, it is said that Octavian was opposed to adding Cicero to the list of the proscribed.
Cicero was killed in response to a series of "phillipics", or aggressive speeches, he made against Mark Anthony, the consul and friend of the recently murdered Caesar. He was hunted down and executed, against the wishes of Octavian (later Augustus) by a triumverate. His head was displayed in the curia and his hands in the forum.
Some people supported Augustus' dictatorship, others believed that he was following in Julius Caesar's footsteps; that they thought that an emperor was taking over the government once more.
Yes, Cicero had a son whose name was Marcus Tullius Cicero Minor, or "Cicero the Younger." Cicero wrote "Partitiones Oratoriae" for his son with the hopes that Cicero the Younger would go into oratory.
No, absolutely not. They were enemies. Although Cleopatra tried to seduce Augustus/Octavian, by making him "understand" her actions, Octavian would have nothing to do with her and in fact, would not even look at her when they spoke.
There were many, many famous Romans. Here are a few. Julius Caesar, Romulus, Marc Antony, Octavian/Augustus, Cicero, Pompey, Virgil, Nero, Caligula, and Pontius Pilate.
No, Cicero was a Roman.
The address of the Cicero Public Library is: 5225 West Cermak Road, Cicero, 60804 2815