person
Aulus Manlius Torquatus
A. Torquatus
also: A. Torquatus, Torquatus, TORQVATO
Pompeian partisan stranded abroad (probably in Athens) after Pharsalus (48 BC); addressee of Cicero's four consolatory letters Fam. 6.1–6.4 (46–45 BC). Distinct from L. Manlius Torquatus, cos. 65 BC (person:l-manlius-torquatus).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.11 §8 I shall then know about Torquatus's little business
A. Manlius Torquatus, a friend of Cicero on whose behalf some minor financial or legal matter was pending through Atticus.
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.72 Aulus Torquatus, that excellent man
Aulus Manlius Torquatus, a kinsman of the interlocutor and a devoted friend of Cicero during his exile. Cicero invokes him as living proof that real friendship is disinterested.