TIRO

Form: Marcus Tullius.

The learned freedman and friend of the orator Cicero. He wrote the life of his master, whom he long survived, edited his speeches and letters, and collected his witty sayings. Besides this he composed grammatical and encyclopaedical works. He is especially famous as the inventor of Roman shorthand writing, and his name is assigned to, a large collection of stenographical symbols (notoe Tironianoe). He lived to the age of 100.