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- CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero was born on the 3rd of January 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum. His family belonged to the wealthy equestrian order, yet his name…
- Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba, now known as Córdoba, within the Roman province of Baetica.
- SocratesSocrates did not write a single line of text. All knowledge about him comes from the posthumous accounts of others, primarily his students Plato and…
- Thomas MoreThomas More entered the world on the 7th of February 1478 within the City of London. His father Sir John More was a successful lawyer who later became a…
- Walter RaleighSir Walter Raleigh was born on the 22nd of January 1552 in East Budleigh, Devon. His father held Fardel Manor while his mother Katherine Champernowne owned…