person
Marcus Caecilius Cornutus
Cornutus
also: Cornutum, pr. urb., urban praetor
Urban praetor (praetor urbanus) at Rome in 43 BC who presided over Senate meetings in the consuls' absence; encountered a religious objection (auspicial scruple) when first reading Plancus's letter to the Senate.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 10.12 §3 Cornutus, the urban praetor
M. Caecilius Cornutus, praetor urbanus in 43 BC; in the absence of both consuls at Mutina he exercised consular authority at Rome and convened the Senate, following the mos maiorum.
- Ad Familiares 10.16 §1 delivered to Cornutus, the Senate sitting in full
M. Caecilius Cornutus, urban praetor (praetor urbanus) in 43 BC, presided over the Senate in the absence of the consuls Hirtius and Pansa, both killed at Mutina; convening and putting motions to the house fell to him.