person
Battara
also: Battara
A man whose death Cicero mentions at Fam. 7.9.2 ('especially now that Battara is dead') as removing any reason for Trebatius to hurry back to Rome. Otherwise unknown; the point of the allusion is lost.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 7.9 §2 especially now that Battara is dead
An otherwise unknown man named Battara, whose recent death Cicero cites (with lost point) as removing any reason for Trebatius to hurry home. Probably a private joke between the two.