Cicero Basics | Cicero in Detail
Cicero rose remarkably to the top of the Roman political hierarchy, fell precipitously, went into exile because of his hostile relations with Clodius Pulcher, made a permanent name for himself in Latin literature, and had relations with contemporaries like his confidant Atticus, and all the big names: Caesar, Pompey, Mark Antony, and Octavian (Augustus), and knew Cleopatra enough to hate the queen.
Here is a timeline of events in the life of Cicero that includes dates for Cicero's publications, so Cicero's famous correspondence with Atticus is not included.| 106 | Cicero born at Arpinum (Jan. 3) |
| 90 | Military service in the Social War |
| 84 | De Inventione |
| 81 | Pro Quinctio |
| 80 | Pro Roscio Amerino |
| 79 | Travels to Athens and Rhodes |
| 77 | Marries Terentia(?) Pro Q. Roscio Comoedo(?) |
| 75 | Quaestor in Sicily |
| 75 | Senator |
| 70 | Divinatio in Caecilium In Verrem |
| 69 | Aedile Pro A. Caecina Pro M. Fonteio Pro M. Tullio |
| 66 | Praetor Pro Cluentio Pro Lege Manilia |
| 65 | Son Marcus born |
| 63 | Consul In Catilinam Contra Rullum I-III Pro Murena Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis De Lege Agraria |
| 62 | Bona Dea trial Pro Archia Pro Sulla |
| 59 | Pro Flacco |
| 58 | Exiled |
| 57 | Cicero recalled from exile De Domo Sua Post Reditum ad Quirites Post Reditum ad Senatum |
| 56 | Pro Balbo Pro Caelio Pro Sestio In Vatinium De Haruspicum Responsis De Provinciis Consularibus |
| 55 | De Oratore In Pisonem |
| 54 | Pro Plancio Pro C. Rabirio Postumo |
| 52 | De optimo genere oratorum Pro Milone De Legibus(published posthumously) |
| 51 | Proconsul of Cilicia De Republica |
| 50 | Returns to Rome |
| 47 | Divorces Terentia |
| 46 | Marries and divorces Publilia Brutus De Optimo Genere Oratorum Orator Paradoxa Stoicorum Pro Ligario Pro Marcello |
| 45 | Tullia dies Academica I-II De Finibus I-V Disputationes Tusculanae I-V Pro Rege Deiotaro De Natura Deorum I-III |
| 44 | Topica De Senectute De Amicitia De Divinatione I-II De Fato De Officiis I-III Philippics Topica |
| 43 | Cicero proscribed; killed (Dec. 7) Philippics |
