Cicero, Quintus Tullius

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Quintus Tullius Cicero, c.102 BC–43 BC, Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 BC); wintered in Gaul (54 BC), where he fought off the attacks of Ambiorix; and went to Cilicia (51 BC) as legate with his brother. He fought for Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus. He was proscribed and killed with his brother.