QUINTUS TULLIUS CICERO, brother of the orator and brother-in-law of T. Pomponius Atticus, was born about 102 B.C. He was aedile in 67, praetor in 62, and for the three following years propraetor in Asia, where, though he seems to have ab stained from personal aggrandizement, his ill-temper gained him an evil notoriety. After his return to Rome, he heartily sup ported the attempt to secure his brother's recall from exile, and was nearly murdered by gladiators in the pay of Clodius. He distinguished himself as one of Julius Caesar's legates in the Gallic campaigns, served in Britain, and afterwards under his brother in Cilicia. On the outbreak of the Civil War between Pompey and Caesar, Quintus, like Marcus, supported Pompey, but after Pharsalus he deserted and made peace with Caesar, largely owing to the intercession of Marcus. Both the brothers fell victims to the proscription which followed Caesar's death, Quintus being put to death in 43, some time before Marcus. His marriage with Pomponia was very unhappy, and he was much under the influence of his freedman Statius. Though trained on the same lines as Marcus he never spoke in public, and even said, "One orator in a family is enough, nay even in a city." Though essentially a soldier, he took considerable interest in literature, wrote epic poems, tragedies and annals, and translated plays of Sophocles. There are extant four letters written by him (one to his brother Marcus, and three to his freedman Tiro) and a short paper, de Petitione Consulatus (on canvassing for the consul ship), addressed to his brother in 64. A few hexameters by him on the 12 signs of the zodiac are quoted by Ausonius.