person
Gaius Norbanus
Norbanus
Tribune of the plebs c. 103 BC; prosecuted Caepio and was himself prosecuted under the lex Appuleia de maiestate; defended (and acquitted) by Antonius the orator.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 9.18 §3 He goes straight on to Norbanus at the Pedian villa
After the meeting Caesar moved on toward Rome; "the Pedian villa" was an estate in the Pedan territory east of Rome where C. Norbanus, one of his partisans, awaited him. The reading of both names is uncertain in the manuscripts.
- On Duties §2.49 Gaius Norbanus
Gaius Norbanus, tribune 103 BC, prosecuted for sedition by Sulpicius and defended by the orator Antonius. Cicero calls him a turbulent and useless citizen.
- The Subdivisions of Oratory §104 Did Norbanus diminish the majesty of the state
The famous trial de maiestate of the tribune Gaius Norbanus (c. 95 BC), defended by the orator Marcus Antonius. Cicero uses it as the standard example of the definitional status: the deed is admitted, but what counts as 'diminishing the majesty' of Rome is disputed.