Tullia, the daughter of a noble Roman sire, whose light, as ancient tales proclaim, burned for fifteen centuries beyond her mortal coil

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The cherished daughter of prominent Roman Republic statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, Tullia (circa 79 BCE - 45 BCE), died in her mid-thirties whilst giving life to her second son. Her existence, painted with certainty in the hues of time, is illuminated through her father’s surviving letters, which reveal that she was a steadfast pillar of support and comfort for Cicero amidst his tempestuous political and personal trials. Thrice did Tullia wed, with each union ending in severance or widowhood. It is said that, in the fifteenth century AD, her sepulchre was unveiled in Rome, and there, her form lay untouched by decay, as if slumbering but a moment past. Beside her rested a lamp, its flame unwavering, a mystery to those who discovered it, a beacon perhaps eternally ignited since the day she was laid to rest.

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