person
Ammonius
also: Hammonius, Hammonius regis legatus
The agent and envoy (legatus) of Ptolemy XII Auletes who lobbied and bribed the senate at Rome in 56 BC to secure the king's armed restoration to Egypt. Cicero reports him 'openly using money against us' in the contest over the Alexandrian command.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 15.15 §2 Ammonius, the guarantor of her promises
Ammonius, an Egyptian envoy and agent of the Ptolemaic court at Rome, who had stood surety for the queen's unkept promises to Cicero (apparently of books or learned favours).
- Ad Familiares 1.1 §1 the king's legate
Ammonius (Hammonius), the agent of Ptolemy XII Auletes, who lobbied the senate with lavish bribes to secure the king's armed restoration to the throne of Egypt. He is the moneyed adversary working 'openly' against Lentulus's interest in the command.