Marcus Vigellius (fl. 125 BC) was a

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. He was a friend and pupil of

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, whom he also lived with. He is noted by

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in ''

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'' to have also been a friend of

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,Cicero. ''De Oratore''. iii. 21, 78 the greatest Roman orator prior to Cicero. All other information has been lost.

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