person
Gaius Scribonius Curio (consul 76)
C. Curio
Roman consul 76 BC, governor of Macedonia, triumphed in 72 BC over the Dardanians. Father of the tribune of 50 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.20 §2 Curio's speech
C. Scribonius Curio (consul 76 BC), a leading consular and orator who spoke in the Senate on Cicero's behalf during the recall agitation of 58 BC. Not to be confused with his son, the tribune of 50 BC.
- Ad Familiares 2.2 §1 your father, a most distinguished man
C. Scribonius Curio, consul 76 BC, a prominent orator of the generation before Cicero; he died while his son was away and before the son's later fame was secured. Cicero here mourns the loss of his witness to their friendship.