The Resume

(January 3, 106-December 7, 43 BC)
Full name was Marcus Tullius Cicero
Wrote 'The Republic and the Laws' and 'On the Good Life'

Why he might be annoying:

He stole Achille's motto, 'to always be the best and overtop the rest.'
He married and divorced Publilia in the same year.
After uncovering the conspiracy of Catiline in 63 BCE, he ordered five of the conspirators to be executed without trial.
He was driven into exile by one of Julius Caesar's followers, over his refusal to align himself with them. He was forced to live at least 500 miles away from the Italian peninsula and lost all of his property.
He witnessed the assassination of Julius Caesar.
He delivered a series of speeches, known as the Philippics, that were scathing attacks on Marc Antony.
The Philippics led to Antony calling for the death of Cicero, his son, his brother, and his nephew.
After Cicero was murdered, his head and hands were cut off and nailed to the Senate's speaker's podium.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was one of the greatest orators who ever lived.
He was poor, yet was able to work his way into Roman politics through an impressive law career.
He was a philosopher that believed in action, and applied his theories to his political work.
After serving in the military, he learned to despise war.
As soon as he was old enough to run for a political office, he would run and won every office (quaestor, aedile, praetor, and consul) on his first try.
He refused to join the First Triumvirate, preferring to try and restore the Roman Republic.
After a year and a half of exile, his property was returned and he was allowed to move back to Rome.
He translated works from Greek to Latin, and created Latin words to express concepts that had no words in his native tongue (the English words 'morals,' 'property,' 'individual,' 'science,' 'image' and 'appetite' all come from him).

Credit: Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Ancient Times
• Ancient Times: Rome
• Exiles
• I am a Deist
• I Married for Less than Two Years
• I was Murdered
• Known By a Single Name
• Nihilism Cynicism Sarcasm Orgasm's Profiles [Series 2]
• People with Bruce, Marc or Keith in their Names
• Philosophers: Hellenistic Period [350 BC - 700 AD]
• Profiles 8001-8250 (Ranked: 8094)
• Supersized Egos

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 22 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 21 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 131 Votes: 45.04% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 89 Votes: 48.31% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 183 Votes: 45.36% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 349 Votes: 42.41% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 315 Votes: 43.49% Annoying