person
Brinnius
also: Brinni
A deceased man of whose estate Cicero was a co-heir (with Brinnius's freedman and Albius Sabinus); the Brinnian auction and the conveyance of the Brinnian estate at Puteoli, handled through Vestorius, recur in the late 45 BC letters (Att. 13.12, 13.13, 13.50).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.12 §4 About the Brinnian auction
An auction (auctio) of the estate of the deceased Brinnius, of whose property Cicero was a co-heir. Roman estates were often liquidated by public auction so heirs could divide the proceeds.
- Ad Atticum 13.13 §4 Brinnius' freedman, our co-heir
A freedman of the deceased Brinnius who, by Roman custom, shared in his former patron's estate alongside Cicero as a co-heir. Cicero is a reluctant party to this minor inheritance.
- Ad Atticum 13.50 §2 for the Brinnian estate
The estate of the deceased Brinnius, of which Cicero was a co-heir; its sale and conveyance at Puteoli, handled through the agent Vestorius, recur across the late 45 BC letters.