Marcus Tullus Cicero
born in 106 BC; died in 43 BC (age ~63)
Quotes (About)
The movement of intelligence over western and southern Europe was as rapid in Caesar's day as at any time before the railway. In 54 B.C. Caesar's letter from Britain reached Cicero at Rome in twenty-nine days; in 1834 Sir Robert Peel, hurrying from Rome to London, required thirty days.
- Caesar and Christ
- p. 324 (Easton Press, 1992)