person
Aquilia
A woman, "the dowered Aquilia," attached by a prospective marriage to the household of Quintus Cicero the younger, who balked at accepting her as a stepmother (Att. 14.13, 14.17).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 14.13 §5 the dowered Aquilia
Aquilia, the prospective bride whose dowry is at issue in the marriage scheme Cicero relays; she reappears in 14.17 as a "stepmother," the marriage having gone forward.
- Ad Atticum 14.17 §3 his stepmother Aquilia
Aquilia, the dowered second wife taken (or proposed) by Cicero's brother Quintus; young Quintus's refusal to tolerate her is the surface grievance of the bitter letter, with the dowry the underlying friction.