Richmond records that the upper boys were reading Cicero, and their knowledge of Latin grammar was "satisfactory".
In the 4th century, Jerome (d. 420) dreamed that God rebuked him for spending more time reading Cicero than the Bible.
By the 6th century, Gregory of Tours (d. 594) had a similar dream, but instead of being chastised for reading Cicero, he was chastised for learning shorthand.
They were sent off with the man who was to read Cicero.
In addition, it was part of Roman thinking about natural law, and Jefferson was influenced by reading Cicero on this topic.
Maybe he should have read Cicero.
All of your founding fathers read Cicero.
Mr. Doogan said that students were still reading Cicero and Virgil, but that they were relating the literature to what was happening today.
It was perhaps Latini who induced Dante to read Cicero and Boethius, after the death of Beatrice.
"When I read Cicero and Ovid and Lucretius, it seemed so to me."