- Object type: Sculpture
- Formal Title: Male Portrait of Cicero (So Called)
- Creator: unknown Roman
- Date Created: circa 1 AD
- Origin: Quintilii Villa, Italy
- Current Location: Vatican Museum, Rome
A bust which may be of the great Roman lawyer Marco Tullius Cicero, author of many books on the philosophy of law as it was then being developed by the Romans.
This piece, now held by the Vatican Museum, was taken from a villa (Quintilii) on the ancient cobblestone Appian Way just South of Rome. It bore the inscription of Cicero. It is consistent with oher scuptures of his's likeness.
Cicero was always the first to advertise his success in Court but successful he certainly was. Many of his submissions to the Roman courts, and as parliamentarian, are brilliant and preserved.
Cicero's bold statements of what was right and what was wrong, eventually fell afoul of the rulers of Rome. In spite of his standing, knowledge and contributions to Roman life and society, he was savagely beheaded on the direct orders of Mark Anthony.
But his essential legal legacy lives on and is still quoted and taught in law schools everywhere.
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