person
Cornutus (tribune of the plebs 61 BC)
Cornutus
also: Cornutus, Cornuto
A tribune of the plebs in 61 BC whose affected Catonian sternness earned him Cicero's nickname 'pseudo-Cato' (Att. 1.14.6). Distinct from M. Caecilius Cornutus, urban praetor in 43 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.14 §6 Cornutus is a pseudo-Cato
Cornutus, a tribune of the plebs in 61, affected Cato's rigid sternness without his substance, earning Cicero's nickname "pseudo-Cato"; the Cato meant is M. Porcius Cato Uticensis.