person
Lucius Oppius
L. Oppius
also: L. Oppius, Oppius, L. Oppius M. f.
Lucius Oppius, son of Marcus, a businessman (negotiator) operating at Philomelium in Phrygia and a close friend of Cicero. He managed the affairs of the banker L. Egnatius Rufus; commended to Q. Gallius in Fam. 13.43 and 13.44. Distinct from C. Oppius, Caesar's agent.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.43 §1 L. Oppius, son of Marcus, does business at Philomelium
L. Oppius was a negotiator (a Roman businessman, typically engaged in trade and money-lending) based at Philomelium, a town in Phrygia in Asia Minor. He is to be distinguished from C. Oppius, Julius Caesar's confidential agent.
- Ad Familiares 13.44 §1 Though I have learnt from your letter and from the letter of L. Oppius, my close friend, that you have remembered my recommendation
A follow-up commendation: Cicero writes again only after both Gallius and Oppius himself have reported that the first letter (13.43) was honoured. The renewal is a courtesy that also reinforces the obligation.