person
Lucius Corfidius
Corfidius
also: L. Corfidius
A man whom Cicero, by a lapse of memory, named as supporting Ligarius in the Pro Ligario; informed by Brutus (relaying Titus Ligarius) that Corfidius had in fact already died, Cicero asks Atticus to have the name struck from every copy of the speech (Att. 13.44).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.44 §3 Lucius Corfidius
A close associate of the Ligarii whom Cicero, by a lapse of memory, named in the Pro Ligario as still living; Brutus, relaying Titus Ligarius, pointed out that Corfidius had in fact died earlier. Cicero asks that the name be struck from all copies.