Marcus Tullius Tiro lived a long life (103-4 BC), during which he managed to be a slave, a free man, a friend of a famous speaker and the Creator of his own system of shorthand writing. Tyrone's exact date of birth is unknown. He was born in the house of Marcus Cicero in Arpinum, from where he moved to Rome. Cicero noted his usefulness in domestic matters: Tiro handled financial matters, managed the garden, and eventually won the trust of the owner so that he became a Freedman. Because of their close Association, Tiro knew Cicero well and wrote a biography of him. In addition, he is the author of collections of witty sayings and anecdotes.
Tyrone made a huge contribution to the development of shorthand, offering his own system of icons that could replace dates, names, and legal terms. Later, the system was improved and expanded – the new list of symbols included 5 thousand icons. Over time, the "Tironian notes" visually changed, they began to be used by monks when copying books. One of the last documents recorded by the "Tironian notes" belonged to the French king Philip I and is dated 1067.
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