Gaius Scribonius Curio (consul 76 BC)
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Gaius Scribonius Curio (c. 124 – 53 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier and a famous orator. He was nicknamed Burbuleius (after an actor) for the way he moved his body while speaking. Curio was noted as a public orator and for the purity of his Latin language.[1]
Career
He was probably born between 125 and 123 BC.
In 76 BC, he was elected
Curio was a member of the College of Pontiffs. He died in 53 BC.[5]
Cicero and Caesar
A friend of Cicero, he supported him during the Catiline Conspiracy. Curio spoke in favor of Publius Clodius Pulcher when he was on trial for violating the rites of Bona Dea,[6] while Cicero spoke out against Clodius and Curio, though this did not interfere with their friendship. He became an opponent to Julius Caesar and wrote a political dialogue against him.
Family
His son, also called
Curio was married to Memmia, who was the sister of
References
- ^ Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Sumner, pp. 109, 110.
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Sulla, 12
- ^ D. R. Shackleton Bailey trans., Cicero’s Letters to his Friends (Atlanta 1988) p. 824
- ^ D. R. Shackleton Bailey trans., Cicero’s Letters to his Friends (Atlanta 1988) p. 205 and p. 824
- ^ Tom Holland, Rubicon, pp 215-216.
- ^ Tom Holland, Rubicon, pp 228 and 243.
- ^ Chester Louis, Neudling (1955). A Prosopography to Catullus. University of Virginia: Oxford. p. 126.
- Sumner, G.V. (1973). The Orators in Cicero's Brutus: Prosopography and Chronology. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5281-9.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 644.