Birdwatch Note Rating
2022-12-09 22:58:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: DB05D2F0A1DAAFB938C88A7B7BE91214AF4FEE622A6D6CB76E0103FA6024DCAB
Participant Details
Original Note:
Cicero did not say these words; he died a year before the attribution. Novelist Taylor Caldwell attributed them to Cicero in her 1965 book of fiction, ‘A Pillar of Iron’ (p 661). This version of the falsely attributed quote surfaced in 2017 on Facebook. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cicero-treason-quote/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2019/may/03/facebook-posts/no-roman-statesman-did-not-give-warning-about-trum/ https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191843730.001.0001/q-oro-ed5-00017226
All Note Details