Cicero, Quintus Tullius

Cicero, Quintus Tullius, c.102 b.c.–43 b.c., Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 b.c.); wintered in Gaul (54 b.c.), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 b.c.) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus. He was proscribed and killed with his brother.

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