person
Cydas of Crete
Cydas
also: Cydas, Cydam, Cydae
A Cretan whom Antony's judiciary law (44 BC) enrolled as a juror at Rome. Cicero mocks him as a foreign 'prodigy of his island,' ignorant of Latin and of Roman law.
Reading notes
- Fifth Philippic §13 Cydas of Crete
A Cretan enrolled as a Roman juror under Antony's law; Cicero mocks the absurdity of a foreigner ignorant of Latin and Roman law judging Roman cases.