person
Lucius Cossinius
Cossinius
also: L. Cossinius, L. Cossinio, Cossinio, Cossinius
Roman citizen and friend of Cicero, linked also to T. Pomponius Atticus; shared the same voting tribe as Servius Sulpicius Rufus (tribulis), a bond Cicero exploits in his recommendation. He is the patron of the freedman L. Cossinius Anchialus, who is the actual subject of the letter (Fam. 13.23). Otherwise unattested beyond this reference.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.46 §3 About Cossinius I am sorry
Cicero mourns the recent death of Cossinius, a friend (most likely the Roman eques L. Cossinius linked to Atticus's circle). The binding is by best registry fit and should be confirmed.
- Ad Familiares 13.23 §1 your friend and tribesman
Tribesman (tribulis) means a fellow member of the same voting tribe (tribus); Cossinius and Servius Sulpicius were enrolled in the same of Rome's thirty-five tribes, which created a recognised bond of civic solidarity in Roman social custom.