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Gaius Furnius

Furnius

also: Furnius, C. Furnius, Furni, Furnium

Gaius Furnius, a partisan of Cicero who served as legate to Munatius Plancus in Gaul in 43 BC and carried dispatches between Plancus and the Senate. He was later tribune and eventually reached the consulship under Augustus.

Reading notes

Ad Atticum 5.18 §3 our tribune of the people Furnius
C. Furnius, tribune of the plebs in 50 BC, a friend on whom Cicero relied to block any extension of his Cilician command; a tribune's veto could halt a senatorial decree.
Ad Familiares 10.1 §4 our friend Furnius
Gaius Furnius, Plancus's legate in Gaul and his regular courier to Cicero; recommending him to a governor's favour was a routine and valued service in Roman politics.
Ad Familiares 10.8 §5 C. Furnius, my legate --- a man of courage and energy
Gaius Furnius served as Plancus's senior legate (legatus) in Transalpine Gaul and was repeatedly dispatched to Rome as a personal emissary; he is also the recipient of favourable mention by Cicero throughout the Fam. 10 correspondence.