Deiotarus

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 5.17 §3 the man who has been styled king by the Senate

  Deiotarus, tetrarch of the Galatian Tolistobogii, had been formally recognised as king by the Roman Senate as a reward for his loyalty. Cicero, who valued him as a friend and a bulwark on the Parthian frontier, entrusted his son and nephew to his court while the army was in summer quarters.

• Ad Atticum 14.1 §2 when Brutus spoke at Nicaea on behalf of Deiotarus

  Deiotarus, king of Galatia, whom Brutus had defended before Caesar at Nicaea (in Bithynia); the anecdote shows Caesar's wary respect for Brutus's vehemence well before the conspiracy.

• Ad Atticum 14.19 §2 about Deiotarus

  Deiotarus, the tetrarch (later king) of Galatia, whose territories Antony restored under cover of Caesar's papers in 44 BC; Pansa is reported to be incensed at the irregular grant.

• Ad Atticum 16.3 §6 Are you fond of Deiotarus?

  Deiotarus, tetrarch and king of Galatia, was a long-standing client of Rome whom Cicero had defended; his envoys Blesamius and Hieras were managing his interests at this time.

• Ad Familiares 15.1 §6 King Deiotarus

  Tetrarch and king in Galatia, Rome's most reliable client-king in Asia Minor, whose goodwill and troops Cicero counts as effectively his own.

• On Divination §1.26 King Deiotarus

  Tetrarch and king of Galatia, a Roman ally whom Cicero knew and later defended in a speech. Quintus offers his scrupulous observance of bird-omens as a living example of true augury.

• On Divination §2.76 Deiotarus

  Tetrarch and later king of Galatia, a loyal ally of Rome and friend of Cicero, who defended his client at trial. Here Cicero discusses Deiotarus's reliance on auspices and the misfortunes that befell him despite them.

• Eleventh Philippic §31 King Deiotarus the father and King Deiotarus the son

  Deiotarus, tetrarch and king of Galatia, a long-standing ally of Rome whom Cicero had defended before Caesar, and his son and co-ruler; the decree invites their military aid for Cassius.

• Second Philippic §93 King Deiotarus

  Deiotarus, tetrarch and king of Galatia, a longstanding ally of Rome whom Caesar had punished; Cicero says Antony, for a bribe, posted a forged decree among Caesar's papers restoring the king's territories.

• For King Deiotarus §1 King Deiotarus

  Deiotarus, tetrarch and then king of Galatia in central Asia Minor, a long-standing ally of Rome who had backed Pompey; the speech (45 BC) was pleaded in Caesar's house, defending the king against a charge of having plotted Caesar's murder.