person
Lucius Bruttius
L. Bruttius
also: L. Bruttius, Bruttius
A young Roman knight (eques Romanus) and close connection of Cicero, distinguished in every respect and attentive to him. Cicero had a long friendship with his father dating from his own quaestorship in Sicily, and commends Bruttius's household, estate, and agents to the proconsul M'. Acilius Glabrio in 46 BC (Fam. 13.38).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.38 §1 a Roman knight
An eques Romanus: a member of the equestrian order, the propertied class below the senate, from which businessmen, financiers, and the bulk of provincial commercial interests were drawn.
- Ad Familiares 13.38 §1 his household, his estate, and his agents
Domus, res familiaris, and procuratores: the man's establishment, his property and financial interests, and the agents (often freedmen) who managed his affairs in the province while he himself was at Rome. The standard objects of a commendatio addressed to a governor.
- Ad Familiares 16.21 §4 what shall I say of Bruttius?
Bruttius was Marcus's companion and Latin-declamation partner at Athens, living frugally near him; he is plausibly, though not certainly, the equestrian L. Bruttius known from Cicero's recommendations.