person
Caerellia
also: Caerelliae, Caerellia
A wealthy Roman woman of philosophical interests and a close friend of Cicero, with extensive financial interests (loans, debt-claims, and landed holdings) in the province of Asia. In Fam. 13.72 (46 BC) Cicero presses the proconsul P. Servilius to assist her affairs, citing a senatorial decree concerning the heirs of C. Vennonius.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 12.51 §3 The settling of the Caerellian debt
Caerellia, a wealthy woman of philosophical tastes and a friend of Cicero, was a creditor of his; the nomen Caerellianum is the outstanding sum owed to her. Cicero weighs whether to pay it off or to assign it (perscriptio) through a banker.
- Ad Atticum 13.22 §3 Caerellia has certain pieces
Caerellia, a wealthy older woman and devotee of Cicero's philosophy, had somehow obtained advance copies of his works; Cicero is annoyed but acquits Atticus's copyists, suspecting another channel.
- Ad Atticum 14.19 §4 Caerellia was sent to me here
Caerellia, a wealthy, philosophically minded woman friend of Cicero, here sent as an "envoy" by Publilia's family to urge the reconciliation; Cicero told her the thing was not merely unwelcome but "not even permitted" him.
- Ad Atticum 15.1 §4 As for Caerellia
Caerellia, a wealthy and learned older woman, a long-standing friend of Cicero with a keen interest in philosophy; she copied and circulated his writings.
- Ad Familiares 13.72 §1 The affairs, the debt-claims, and the Asian holdings of Caerellia
Caerellia, a wealthy and learned woman friend of Cicero, had business interests in the province of Asia: rem (her general affairs), nomina (outstanding loans/debt-claims registered in account-books), and possessiones (landed property). Such cross-provincial money-lending by Roman investors regularly required a governor's cooperation to enforce.