person
Galeo
also: Galeonis
A man, otherwise unknown, who left Cicero a legacy; Cicero formally entered upon Galeo's inheritance from Brundisium (Att. 11.12).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 11.12 §4 I have entered upon Galeo's inheritance
Cicero had been named heir by one Galeo and formally accepted the bequest. The cretio was the legal act, performed within a set period, by which an instituted heir declared acceptance of an inheritance.