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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Dolabella (search)
Dolabella 6. Cn. Cornelius Dolabella, was praetor urbanus, in B. C. 81, when the cause of P. Quintius was tried. Cicero charges him with having acted on that occasion unjustly and against all established usages. The year after he had Cilicia for his province, and C. Malleolus was his quaestor, and the notorious Verres his legate. Dolabella not only tolerated the extortions and robberies committed by them, but shared in their booty. He was especially indulgent towards Verres, and, after Malleolus was murdered, he made Verres his proquaestor. After his return to Rome, Dolabella was accused by M. Aemilius Scaurus of extortion in his province, and on that occasion Verres not only deserted his accomplice, but furnished the accuser with all the necessary information, and even spoke himself publicly against Dolabella. Many of the crimes committed by Verres himself were thus put to the account of Dolabella, who was therefore condemned. He went into exile, and left his wife and children behind
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Gabi'nius (search)
Gabi'nius 4. A. Gabinius, fought at Chacroneia in the army of Sulla as military tribune, and in the beginning of B. C. 81, was despatched by Sulla to Asia with instructions to Murena to end the war with Mithridates. He was a moderate and honourable man. (Plut. Sull. 16, 17; Appian, App. Mith. 66; Cic. pro Leg. Manil. 3.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
old grammarians, who never illustrate the usage of words by citations from Aquillius Gallus. His authority, however, is invoked by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (lib. iii. p. 200, ed. Sylburg.), for the statement that, on one occasion, when the sewers were out of repair, the censors agreed to pay 100 talents for their cleansing. Legal Work Aquillius Gallus early acquired high reputation as a judex, and Cicero frequently appeared as an advocate when his friend sat upon the bench. Already, in B. C. 81, the youthful orator pleaded the cause of Quintius before Gallus (Gel. 15.28), and, a few years afterwards, Gallus was one of the judices on the trial of Caecina. In the latter case (pro Caec. 27), Cicero lavishes very high encomiums on his knowledge, ability, and industry, as well as his just and merciful disposition. The speech Pro Cluentio was also addressed to Gallus as a judex. Cicero himself resorted for legal advice to his friend, although, in a question relating to a right of water,
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
M'. Acilius Glabrio son of the preceding and of Aemilia, daughter of M. Aemilius Scaurus, consul in B. C. 115. Glabrio addressed the judices in behalf of his father-in-law, who was impeached for extortion in B. C. 54. [SCAURUS.] (Ascon. in Cic. Scaurian. p. 29, Orelli.) Glabrio was born in the house of Cn. Pompey, B. C. 81,who married his mother after her compulsory divorce from the elder Glabrio [No. 5]. Aemilia died in giving birth to him. (Plut. Sull. 33, Pomp. 9.) In the civil wars, B. C. 48, Glabrio was one of Caesar's lieutenants, and commanded the garrison of Oricum in Epeirus (Caes. Civ. 3.15, 16, 39). During the African war Glabrio was stationed in Sicily, and at this time, B. C. 46, Cicero addressed to him nine letters (ad Fam. 13.30-39) in behalf of friends or clients to whom their affairs in Sicily, or the casualties of the civil war, rendered protection important. When Caesar, in B. C. 44, was preparing for the Parthian wars, Glabrio was sent forward into Greece with a de
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Hiarbas (search)
Hiarbas （*(Ia/rbas), a king of the Numidians, who supported Domitius Ahenobarbus and the remains of the Marian party in Africa. It seems probable that he was established on the throne by Domitius, in the place of Hiempsal, who had given offence to Marius. On the arrival of Pompey in Africa (B. C. 81), Hiarbas supported Domitius with a large force, and shared in his defeat : after which he fell into the conqueror's hands, and was put to death. (Plut. Pomp. 12; Liv. Epit. lxxxix.; Oros. 5.21; Entrop. 5.9.) The name is very variously written, but the above is probably the most correct forin. [E. H. 13
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Hiempsal (search)
stated, he was far from determined to espouse their cause, and sought to detain them in a kind of honourable captivity, while he awaited the issue of events. They, however, made their escape, and joined the elder Marius. (Plut. Mar. 40; Appian, App. BC 1.62.) In consequence, probably, of his conduct on this occasion, he was afterwards expelled from the throne of Numidia by Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, the leader of the Marian party in Africa, and Hiarbas established in his stead; but when, in B. C. 81, Pompey landed in Africa, and overthrew Domitius, he drove out Hiarbas in his turn, and reinstated Hiempsal on the throne. (Plut. Pomp. 12; Appian, App. BC 1.80.) He appears to have remained in undisputed possession of the kingdom from this period till his death, the date of which is not mentioned, but it may be inferred from the incidental notice in Suetonius (Suet. Jul. 71) that he was still alive as late as B. C. .62. Cicero also refers to him in an oration delivered the preceding yéar (
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Horte'nsius (search)
. 2.1. 49), is said to have been one of the judices corrupted by Hortensius. This domination over the courts continued up to about the year B. C. 70, when Hortensius was retained by Verres against Cicero. Cicero had come to Rome from Athens in B. C. 81, and first met Hortensius as the advocate of P. Quinctius. Cicero's speech is extant, and not the least interesting part is that in which he describes and admits the extraordinary gifts of his future rival (pro Quinct. 1, 2, 22, 24, 26). But Cicero again left Rome, and did not finally settle there till B. C. 74, about three years before the Verrine affair came on. Meantime, Hortensius had begun his course of civil honours. He was quaestor in B. C. 81, and Cicero himself bears witness to the integrity with which his accounts were kept (in Verr. 1.14, 39). Soon after he defended M. Canuleius (Brut. 92) ; Cn. Dolabella, when accused of extortion in Cilicia by M. Scaurus; another Cn. Dolabella, arraigned by Caesar for like offences in Ma
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Ju'lia (search)
Ju'lia 1. A daughter of C. Julius Caesar [CAESAR, No. 14] and Marcia, and aunt of Caesar the dictator. She married C. Marius the elder, by whom she had one son, C. Marius, slain at Praeneste in B. C. 82. Julia died B. C. 68, and her nephew, C. Julius Caesar, pronounced her funeral oration, in which he traced her descent through the Marcii to Ancus, the fourth king of Rome, and through the Julii to Anchises and Venus. At the funeral of Julia were exhibited, for the first time since Sulla's dictatorship in B. C. 81, the statues and inscriptive titles of the elder Marius. (Plut. Mar. 6, Caes. 1, 5; Suet. Jul. 6.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Ju'nius (search)
Ju'nius 4. M. Junius, the previous defender of Cicero's client, P. Quintius, but was absent on an embassy when Cicero spoke on behalf of Quintius, B. C. 81. (Cic. pro Quint. 1.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Lentulus or Lentulus Sura (search)
Lentulus or Lentulus Sura 18. P. Cornelius Lentulus, P. F. P. N., surnamed SURA, son of the last, the man of chief note in Catiline's crew. (Cic. in Cat. 3.5, 4.6; Ascon. ad Divin. 21.) He was quaestor to Sulla in B. C. 81 (Plut. Cic. 17): before him and L. Triarius, Verres had to give an account of the monies he had received as quaestor in Cisalpine Gaul. (Cic. in Verr. 1.14.) He was soon after himself called to account for the same matter, but was acquitted. It is said that he got his cognomen of Sura from his conduct on this occasion; for when Sulla called him to account, he answered by scornfully putting out his leg, "like boys," says Plutarch, "when they make a blunder in playing at ball." (Cic. 17.) Other persons, however, had borne the name before, one perhaps of the Lentulus family. (Liv. 22.31; comp. Suet. Domit. 13; D. C. 68.9, 15.) In B. C. 75 he was praetor; and Hortensius, pleading before such a judge, had no difficulty in procuring the acquittal of Terentius Varro, when
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