person
Celer Pilius
also: Celer Pilius, Pili
A messenger who brought two letters to Rome on the Ides of April 43 BC, one purportedly from Brutus and one from Antony, triggering a Senate crisis over Antony's claim to the title proconsul; his loyalties were suspected.
Reading notes
- Ad M. Brutum 2.5 §3 Celer Pilius
A messenger of disputed loyalties who arrives at dawn on the Ides of April carrying letters purportedly from both Brutus and Antony; his willingness to deliver Antony's letter to a magistrate contrasted with the timidity of Dolabella's own couriers.