I have to admit—I almost forgot to celebrate Cicero. But as it turns out, remembering him is far more important than remembering a birthday. Born on 3 January 106 BCE , Marcus Tullius Cicero was not just a Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher; he was also one of the earliest thinkers to reflect systematically on translation, long before Translation Studies became a formal discipline. Cicero occupies a special place in the history of translation theory. He was a pre-Translation Studies...