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Leptines

also: Leptine, Leptines

The man who murdered the Roman envoy Cn. Octavius in the gymnasium at Laodicea in 162 BC. Cicero names him in the Ninth Philippic as the slayer whose deed earned Octavius a commemorative statue.

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Mentioned in 2 works (3 mentions)

Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhet · 1 mention
Ninth Philippic speech · 2 mentions

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