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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Marcellus Clau'dius 22. Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, P. F., was a son of the preceding. (Dio Cass. Arg. xxxix.) He is first mentioned as zealously supporting the cause of the Sicilians against Verres, while yet a young man, B. C. 70. (Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, in Verr. 2.42.) He next appears in B. C. 61, as supporting his kinsman, L. Lentulus Crus, in the accusation of Clodius, for violating the mysteries of the Bona Dea. (Schol. Bob. ad Cic. in Clod. p. 336, ed. Orell.) In B. C. 59 he held the office of praetor, and presided at the trial of C. Antonius, the colleague of Cicero. (Cic. in Vatin. 11; Orell. Onom. Tall. p. 177.) The following year he repaired to Syria, and administered that province for nearly two years, during which his time was principally taken up with repressing the predatory incursions of the neighboring Arabs. (Appian, App. Syr. 51.) But he returned to Rome soon enough to sue for the consulship at the elections of the year 57, and was chosen for the ensuing ye
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Metellus (search)
aul, which Cicero had relinquished because he was unwilling to leave the city. Although Metellus and Cicero had been thus closely connected, yet he was exceedingly angry when the orator attacked his brother Nepos, who had given him, however, abundant provocation. [See below, No. 21.] The letter which Celer wrote to Cicero on this occasion is still preserved, and is very characteristic of the haughty aristocratical spirit of the family. Cicero's reply is very clever. (Cic. Fam. 5.1, 2.) In B. C. 61, Metellus was consul elect, and by his personal influence prevented the celebration of the Compitalia, which a tribune of the plebs was preparing to celebrate in opposition to a senatus-consultum. Towards the end of the year he took an active part in conjunction with M. Cato, and others of the aristocracy, in resisting the demands of the publicani, who petitioned the senate to allow them to pay a smaller sum for the farming of the taxes in Asia than they had agreed to give. Their request wa
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Octa'via (search)
Octa'via 1. *)oktaoui/a. The elder daughter of C. Octavius, praetor, B. C. 61, by his first wife, Ancharia, and half-sister of the emperor, Augustus. (Suet. Aug. 4.) Plutarch erroneously makes this Octavia the wife of Marcellus and of M. Antonius.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Octavius (search)
ime of his praetorship we have no further information; we are only told that he filled the previous dignities with great credit to himself and obtained a reputation for integrity, ability, and uprightness. Velleis Paterculus characterizes him (2.59) as gravis, sanctus, innocens, and dives, and adds that the estimation in which he was held gained for him, in marriage, Atia, the daughter of Julia, who was the sister of Julius Caesar. Thus, although a novus homo, he was chosen first praetor in B. C. 61, and discharged the duties of his office in so admirable a manner that Cicero recommends him as a model to his brother Quintus. (Cic. ad Qu. F. 1.1. 7.) In the following year he succeeded C. Antonius in the government of Macedonia, with the title of proconsul, and on his way to his province he cut to pieces, in the Thurine district, in consequence of orders front the senate, a body of runaway slaves, who had been gathered together for Catiline, and had previously belonged to the army of Spa
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Orge'torix (search)
Orge'torix the noblest and richest among the Helvetii, anxious to obtain the royal power, formed a conspiracy of the principal chiefs in B. C. 61, and persuaded his countrymen to emigrate from their own country with a view of conquering the whole of Gaul. Two years were devoted to making the necessary preparations; but the real designs of Orgetorix having meantime transpired, the Helvetii brought him to trial for his ambitious projects. Orgetorix, however, by means of his numerous retainers, set justice at defiance; and while the Helvetii were collecting forces to compel him to submit to their laws, he suddenly died, probably, as was suspected, by his own hands. Notwithstanding his death the Helvetii carried into execution the project which he had formed, and were thus the first people with whom Caesar was brought into contact in Gaul. After their defeat a daughter of Orgetorix and one of his sons fell into the hands of Caesar. (Caes. B.G.1.2-4, 26; D. C. 38.31.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Ora'baris (search)
Ora'baris （*)Orsa/baris), a daughter of Mithridates the Great, who was taken prisoner by Pompey, and served to adorn his triumph, B. C. 61 (Appian, App. Mith. 117). The name Orsobaris occurs also on a coin of the city of Prusias, in Bithynia. which bears the inscription *B*A*S*I*L*I*S*S*H*S *M*O*T*S*H*S *O*P*S*O*B*A*P*I*O*S ; and this is conjectured by Visconti (Iconogr.Grecque, tom. ii. p. 195) to refer to the same person as the one mentioned in Appian, whom he supposes to have been married to Socrates, the usurper set up by Mithridates as king of Bithynia. [E.H.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Piso (search)
Piso 18. M. Pupius Piso, consul B. C. 61, belonged originally to the Calpurnia gens, but was adopted by M. Pupius, when the latter was an old man (Cic. pro Dom. 13). He retained, however, his family-name Piso, just as Scipio, after his adoption by Metellus, was called Metellus Scipio. [METELLUS, No. 22.] There was, however, no occasion for the addition of Calpurnianus to his name, as that of Piso showed sufficiently his original family. Piso had attained some importance as earls as the first ci2, to become a candidate for the consulship, as he was anxious to obtain the ratification of his acts in Asia, anti therefore wished to have one of his friends at the head of the state. Piso was accordingly elected consul for the following year, B. C. 61, with M. Valerius Messalla Niger. In his consulship he gave great offence to Cicero, by not asking him first in the senate for his opinion, and still further increased the anger of the orator by taking P. Clodius under his protection after his v
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeia (search)
Pompeia 2. The daughter of Q. Pompeius Rufus, son of the consul of B. C. 88 [POMPEIUS, No. 8], and of Conelia, the daughter of the dictator Sulla. She married C. Caesar, subsequently the dictator, in B. C. 67, but was divorced by him in B. C. 61, because she was suspected of intriguing with Clodius, who stealthily introduced himself into her husband's house while she was celebrating the mysteries of the Bona Dea. (Suet. Jul. 6; Plut. Caes. 5, 10 ; D. C. 37.45.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeius (search)
Pompeius 13. Q. Pompeius Rufus, praetor B. C. 63. His cognomen shows that he belonged to the preceding family, but his descent is quite uncertain. In his praetorship he was sent to Capua, where he remained part of the following year, because it was feared that the slaves in Campana and Apulia might rise in support of Catiline. In B. C. 61 he obtained the province of Africa, with the title of proconsul, which he governed with great integrity, according to Cicero. He did not, however, succeed in obtaining the consulship, although he was alive some years afterwards, for we find him bearing witness in B. C. 56 in behalf of M. Caelins, who had been with him in Africa. (Sal. Cat. 30 ; Cic. pro Cael. 30.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
C. Pompti'nus is first mentioned in B. C. 71, when he served as legate under M. Crassus, in the Servile war. (Frontin. Strat. 2.4.8.) He was praetor B. C. 63, in which year he rendered important service to Cicero in the suppression of the Catilinarian conspiracy, especially by the apprehension of the ambassadors of the Allobroges. He afterwards obtained the province of Gallia Narbonensis, and in B. C. 61 defeated the Allobroges, who had invaded the province. In consequence of this victory he sued for a triumph on his return to Rome; but as it was refused by the senate, he remained for some years beyond the pomoerium, urging his claim. At length, in B. C. 54, his friends made a final attempt to procure him the long-desired honour. He was opposed by the praetors, M. Cato and P. Servilius Isauricus, and by the tribune Q. Mucius Scaevola, who urged that he was not entitled to the privilege, because he had not received the imperium by a lex curiata; but he was supported by the consul Appiu
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