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On the State is a dialogue-style work written by Marcus Tullius Cicero, a Roman statesman and philosopher, on the ideal structure of the state and the concept of citizenship. While influenced by Plato’s State, it is grounded in Roman experience and practical politics. Cicero defends a rule-of-law model of governance and grounds the idea of the republic in Roman tradition. About the Author (Brief Biography) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BCE) was an orator, lawyer, philosopher, and politician who