Cicero, Marcus Tullius (born 65 BC)

Roman politician and colonial administrator. He was a consul in 30 BC, and later governed Syria and became proconsul of Asia.

He was the only son of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the orator, and his wife Terentia. In 44 BC he joined the republican party and served as military tribune under Marcus Junius Brutus in Macedonia. After Mark Antony's victory at the Battle of Philippi 42 BC, Cicero fled to Sicily, where he joined Sextus Pompeius, younger son of Pompey, but he returned to Rome when Sextus Pompeius made peace with the Second Triumvirate 39 BC. Octavian (Augustus) had him elected to be his colleague in his consulship of 30 BC.