Cicero was a Roman orator, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher. During a time of political corruption and violence, he wrote on what he believed to be the ideal form of government. Born in 106 B.C., Marcus Tullius Cicero came from a wealthy landowning family.
Legislation passed in the 1950's to fund an interstate highway system primarily in response to the need to be able to land large aircraft in emergencies.
