Gaius Oppius

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 13.50 §1 Oppius and Balbus

  C. Oppius and the elder L. Cornelius Balbus, Caesar's two chief political managers at Rome, who screen Cicero's letter before it goes forward.

• Ad Atticum 14.1 §1 What a prudent man Oppius is

  Gaius Oppius, a Roman knight and one of Caesar's chief private agents (with Balbus); Cicero praises his discretion in mourning Caesar without giving offence to the assassins' side.

• Ad Atticum 15.5 §2 so too do Balbus and Oppius

  Gaius Oppius and L. Cornelius Balbus, Caesar's two leading private agents and managers of his affairs; their concurring on the provincial plan signals the Caesarian leadership's preference.

• Ad Atticum 16.2 §5 To Plancus and Oppius I have written

  Gaius Oppius was Caesar's longtime confidential agent and a close friend of Atticus; Cicero has written to him and to Plancus at Atticus's request, while doubting the letters are even needed.

• Ad Atticum 16.12 §1 Oppius's letter

  Gaius Oppius, a Roman knight who had been one of Julius Caesar's most trusted private agents and men of business; after the Ides he worked, with Balbus, to draw the Caesarians and Cicero together, and Cicero treats his views as worth weighing.

• Ad Atticum 16.15 §3 I said to Oppius

  Gaius Oppius, Caesar's old confidential agent, was urging Cicero to throw his weight behind Octavian and the veterans; Cicero made his support conditional on Octavian proving no enemy to the assassins.

• Ad Familiares 11.29 §1 CICERO OPPIO S. D.

  Gaius Oppius, a Roman knight and, with Cornelius Balbus, one of Caesar's two chief confidential agents in Rome. After Caesar's death he transferred his loyalty to Cicero, the gesture this letter acknowledges.