person
Gaius Sosius
Sosius
also: C. Sosius, C. Sosius praetor
Praetor in 49 BC; he brought a copy of Pompey's letter to the consuls to M'. Lepidus's villa near Formiae, having earlier been Lepidus's quaestor (Att. 8.6). Probably the C. Sosius who later commanded for Antony and was consul in 32 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 8.6 §1 C. Sosius the praetor
Gaius Sosius, praetor in 49 BC, here passing through Formiae and carrying news of the war; he had once served as quaestor under Cicero's neighbour M'. Lepidus. He later became a noted partisan of Antony and consul in 32 BC.