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Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and conspiracy. He was elected consul in 63 BC. Of his speeches, perhaps the best known are those he made against Catiline, whose uprising he foiled. He vainly tried to uphold republican principles in the civil wars that destroyed the Roman republic. After the death of Julius Caesar he delivered his 14 Philippic orations against Mark Antony. When the triumvirate of Antony, Octavian (later Augustus), and Marcus Lepidus was formed, he was executed. His extant works include 58 orations and over 900 letters, as well as many poems, philosophical and political treatises, and books of rhetoric. He is remembered as the greatest Roman orator and the innovator of what became known as Ciceronian rhetoric, which remained the foremost rhetorical model for many centuries.


Nice
City (metro. area pop., 1990: 476,000) SE France. It is located on the C\u00f4 te d'Azur of the Mediterranean Sea, near the Italian border. Founded by Greeks c.350 BC, it was conquered by Romans in the 1st cent. AD and became a trading station. It was held by the counts of Provence in the 10th cent. In 1388 it passed to the counts of Savoy. The city was ceded to France in 1860. Sheltered by beautiful hills, Nice has a pleasant climate and is the leading resort of the French Riviera.


Niger
Nation, W Africa, on the S edge of the Sahara. Area: 459,073 sq mi (1,188,999 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 9,389,000. Capital: Niamey. More than half the people are Hausa; there are also Songhai-Zerma and Kanuri. Languages: French (official), Hausa, Arabic. Religions: Islam, Christianity, traditional beliefs. Currency: CFA franc. A landlocked country, it is characterized by savanna in the south and desert in the center and north; most of the population lives in the south. The Niger River dominates in the southwest, and the A\u00ef r Massif, a mountainous region, in the N central part of the country. Niger has a developing economy based largely on agriculture and mining. It is a republic with one legislative body; its head of state and government is the president, assisted by the prime minister. There is evidence of Neolithic culture in the region, and there were several precolonial kingdoms. First explored by Europeans in the late 18th cent., it became part of French W. Africa in 1904. It became an overseas territory of France in 1946 and gained independence in 1960. The first multiparty elections were held in 1993. The leader of a military coup of 1996 promulgated a new constitution that year.


Diderot
French man of letters and philosopher. Educated by Jesuits, he later received degrees from the Univ. of Paris. From 1745 to 1772 he served as chief editor of the 35-volume Encyclop\u00e9 die, a principal work of the Enlightenment. He composed such ...

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