Publius Autronius Paetus
Publius Autronius Paetus was a politician of the late Roman Republic who was involved in the conspiracy of Catiline.
Career
He was elected
Lucius Manlius Torquatus. Dio 36.44.3-5 says they were found guilty, their election was declared void, and their accusers were elected consuls in their place.[1]
Some sources claim that Autronius
Catiline's failed conspiracy of 63 BC,[3] and, after his old friend Cicero refused to defend him, he was convicted and sent into exile in Epirus
. When Cicero himself was exiled in 58 BC, he was concerned that Autronius might attempt to kill him.
Family
Paetus's wife is not mentioned by name but since the speech Pro Sulla refers to him as a "propinquus" of the
Claudii Marcelli it is possible that she was a Claudia Marcella or a Junia. This is supported further by inscriptions of freedmen of his son L. Autronius Paetus's which are located in and around the monumentum familiae Marcellae.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Marcus Tullius Cicero (1891). Selected Orations and Letters: With Historical Introduction, an Outline of the Roman Constitution, Notes, Excursuses, Vocabulary, and Index by Harold W. Johnston. Albert, Scott. pp. 23–.
- ^ Holmes, P. A. (2011). "The 'First' Catilinarian Conspiracy: A Further Re-examination of the Evidence". Reinvention: a Journal of Undergraduate Research. 2011 Special Issue. British Conference of Undergraduate Research.
- ^ Sallust, The War Against Catilina, XVII, 3
- ^ Tansey, Patrick. (2016) "A selective prosopographical study of marriage in the Roman elite in the Second and First Centuries B.C.: Revisiting the evidence". p, 9. Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University
- William Smith (ed) (1870), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 3 p. 84
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