Quintus Tullius Cicero is the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous orator Cicero. He was born in -102 in Arpinum, a city near Rome. He was assassinated by agents of the Second Triumvirate, on the orders of Marc-Antoine, in -43. His wealthy father arranged for him to receive his education with his brother in Rome, Athens and probably Rhodes. He married Pomponia (sister of Atticus, friend of his brother) from whom he later divorced.
He was aedile in -66 and praetor in -62, legate of Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars, from -54 to -52, and of his brother in -51. During the Civil Wars, he sided with Pompey, and subsequently obtained the pardon of Julius Caesar. Then, he is declared an enemy of Marc-Antoine and flees from Tusculum to escape Antoine's revenge. He returns home to Arpinum; a peasant denounces him and he then goes to save his son who is being tortured. They are both put to death by the Second Triumvirate in -43.
As an author, he wrote an election campaign manual (sometimes attributed to his brother), four tragedies in the Greek style. Three were titled Tiroas, Erigones and Electra; all were lost. He also wrote a few poems on Caesar's second expedition to Brittany, three letters to Tiro and a fourth to his brother, and also a book:De petitione consulatus.