biography
| name: |
Atticus, Titus Pomponius
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pronunciation:
[atikus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (109–32 BC)
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| biography:
| Intellectual, businessman, and writer, born in Rome, Italy. He acquired the surname Atticus because of his long sojourn in Athens (85–65) to avoid the Civil War. He was a wealthy and highly cultivated man who espoused the Epicurean philosophy and combined his literary activities with a successful business career. Cicero's Letters to Atticus form a famous and prolific correspondence. |
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