How did Marcus Tullius Cicero die?

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In the months following Julius Caesar’s assassination in 44 BCE, Marcus Tullius Cicero delivered several speeches that urged the Senate to support Octavian in his struggle against Mark Antony. When Octavian and Antony reconciled, a centurion murdered Cicero on Antony’s order. Cicero’s head and hands were nailed to the rostra in the Roman Forum.