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This weathered parchment fragment preserves several lines of faded handwritten Latin text in a late antique script. The material is heavily damaged with significant losses and discoloration, reflecting its survival from antiquity. The surviving text is a portion of a forensic speech delivered by the Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in 54 BCE.
Cicero's works were essential to the development of Renaissance humanism and the 'studia humanitatis,' which provided the linguistic and philosophical foundation for the revival of Neoplatonism. His dialogues on the nature of the gods and fate served as primary sources for Western thinkers attempting to reconstruct the 'prisca theologia' or ancient theology.
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Fragmentary Latin text from Cicero's 'Pro Plancio'. Visible words are too degraded for a continuous verbatim transcription.
Connected Texts
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The author of the text; his rhetorical and philosophical works were central to the education of Renaissance esotericists.
Marsilio Ficino
Ficino utilized Cicero's Latin vocabulary and philosophical summaries to bridge classical thought with Hermetic and Neoplatonic ideas.
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