| Marcus Tullius Tiro | ||
|---|---|---|
| First appearance | Book 1: Swords and Ashes | |
| Last appearance | Book 1: Swords and Ashes | |
| Profession | Slave | |
| Race | ||
| Relationships | Marcus Tullius Cicero (Dominus/Friend) | |
| Status | Unknown | |
Tiro is Cicero's manservant, and practically a member of the Cicero family. His bond with Cicero when he confronts an assassin meant for his Dominus.
As a slave born in the house, he grew up with the three -year -old Cicero and came to Rome with the family. He was on April 28, 53 BC BC released and accompanied Cicero 51 BC on the Formianum. Chr. During its governorship to Kilikia. On the way back, however, he had to separate and stay behind for health reasons. Only in 47 BC BC both met again in Rome. After Caesar's murder, Tiro took care of his patron's financial matters in Rome and got correspondence with Cicero's son -in -law Dolabella. After Cicero's murder, he retired to a small estate near Puteoli, even spared the proscriptions.
Tiro served Cicero as a secretary, increasingly also as a confidant. He published Cicero's speeches after his death, collected the letters of his patron (only later published) and wrote a (not preserved but used by Plutarch) biography of the speaker. Likewise, further works on Latin language use (De Usu Atque ratione linguae latinae) and various topics (de variis atque promiscuis quaesionibus) are also only preserved in individual fragments. He is also said to have dealt with the drafting of a tragedy.
Tyronic grades
The best known is Tiro because of the invention of the ALTO -Roman short script, which has been referred to as a Tyronic grades since the 16th century. Tiro developed her to be able to write Cicero's speeches. According to Plutarch [1], at the Senate meeting on the fate of the Catilinarier on December 5, 63 BC. BC recorded the speeches in a short letter for the first time.
Tiro appears as a novel figure in several newer fiction. So he is a first-person narrator in the novels Empire, Titan and Dictator of Robert Harris, the life and personality of Ciceros. In addition, he often appears in the detective story series Roma Sub Rosa by Steven Saylor. He also appeared in some SPQR novels by John Maddox Roberts.
Trivia[]
- Tiro was the Secretarius of Cicero, which means he was not only his master's secretary, but was trusted to oversee Cicero's financial affairs and other confidential matters. He was also Cicero's Amanuensis (meaning 'within hands reach') which was the technical term for a body slave (Servus Corporis).
- Historically, Cicero often mentioned his slave, Tiro, in his various writings.