Cato, Marius and Cicero were New Men, which ment that their ancestors did not Cicero, we should remember, came from Arpinum, a country town 70 miles from Rome. Although the Tulli were among the leading families of Arpinum, Cicero had none of the ancestry that was so important to laucnhing a political career in Rome...
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It counted for very little that Marius also hailed from Arpinum. The Tulli were conservative and probably on the other side of most local issues as well as the great Roman ones of the day. Cicero's father, for example, opposed the use of the secret ballot in Arpinum. In any event, Cicero spent a great deal of time seeking reliable alliances in the fluid politics of Rome...
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