Place

Formia

Latium · Modern Italy

A coastal town where Cicero had a villa. He was caught and killed here by Mark Antony's soldiers while trying to flee Italy in 43 BCE.

Thinkers Connected to Formia

Cicero

106 BCE – 43 BCE

He translated Greek philosophy into Latin and into politics. Rome's greatest orator was also its most restless thinker.

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