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The "Harry Potter" series by J.K. Rowling features a Professor of Divination. Divination, the study of signs from the gods to predict the future, was a crucial feature of Greek and Roman life. Which one of these Roman authors wrote a work, De Divinatione ("On Divination"), in which the characters debate the pros and cons of this practice?
a. Boethius
b. Cicero
c. Lucretius
d. Seneca
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Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Arpinum, Italy

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January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC

A Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

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	Selected Works by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.83 — 116 ratings — published 1960	my rating:
	On the Good Life by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.75 — 91 ratings — published 1971 3 editions	my rating:
	De Re Publica (On the Republic) & De Legibus (On the Laws) (Loeb Classical Library No. 213) by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.83 — 64 ratings — published 1928 16 editions	my rating:
	Cicero: Selected Political Speeches by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 4.04 — 47 ratings — published 1977	my rating:
	Cicero: In Catilinam 1-4. Pro Murena. Pro Sulla. Pro Flacco: B. Orations (Loeb Classical Library No. 324) by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 4.28 — 29 ratings — published 1976	my rating:
	Cicero: Selected Letters by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.83 — 29 ratings — published 1925 5 editions	my rating:
	Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods. Academics. (Loeb Classical Library No. 268) by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.96 — 27 ratings — published 1933	my rating:
	Cicero: Rhetorica ad Herennium (Loeb Classical Library No. 403) by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.96 — 26 ratings — published 1954	my rating:
	On Old Age, On Friendship & On Divination (Loeb Classical Library No. 154) by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 4.55 — 20 ratings — published 1923	my rating:
	Murder Trials by Marcus Tullius Cicero avg rating 3.95 — 20 ratings — published 1975 2 editions	my rating:

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