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Tiro (c. 95 B.C.–5 A.D.)

Tiro (tī’ro). Cicero’s servant and amanuensis; he lived about B.C. 95–A.D. 5. He was emancipated by Cicero, and even treated by him as a friend and co-worker: some of Cicero’s letters to him are extant. He invented a system of shorthand, called from him “Notæ Tironianæ.”

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