person
Lucius Lucceius
Lucceius
Praetor 67 BC; historian; recipient of Fam. 5.12 (the famous letter in which Cicero asks him to write up the consulship monographically).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.11 §1 Lucceius
L. Lucceius, a wealthy senator and historian on intimate terms with Cicero; he had fallen out with Atticus, and Cicero's failed attempt to reconcile them runs through letters 1.8, 1.10 and 1.11.
- Ad Atticum 4.6 §4 Lucceius
L. Lucceius, the senator and historian whom Cicero had asked (in the celebrated Fam. 5.12) to write up his consulship and exile as a monograph. Here he passes the covering letter through Atticus and urges Lucceius to hurry.
- Ad Familiares 13.41 §1 What you have done for L. Lucceius's sake
L. Lucceius (praetor 67 BC, historian, addressee of the famous Fam. 5.12) had commercial interests in Culleolus's province; Cicero, acting also on Pompey's behalf, presses the governor to favour and protect them.
- Ad Familiares 13.42 §1 the most grateful man in the world
L. Lucceius (praetor 67 BC, the historian whom Cicero asked to write up his consulship in Fam. 5.12). Here Cicero commends his commercial interests in Culleolus's province, a dispute with the town of Bullis.