person
Marcus Fadius
M. Fadius
also: Fadius, Fadius Gallus, Gallo, Gallus, M. Fadio Gallo, M. Fadius, M. Fadius Gallus
Marcus Fadius Gallus, a cultivated Epicurean intimate of Cicero and an art-collector; recipient of Fam. 7.23-7.27, including the famous letter on the statues Damasippus bought on his account. Brother of Q. Fadius (the jointly-held Herculanean estate of Fam. 9.25); also commended in Fam. 13.59 (50 BC).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.49 §1 so Fadius Gallus writes me
M. Fadius Gallus, a cultivated Epicurean friend of Cicero and art-collector, recipient of several letters in Ad Familiares 7; "Gallus" throughout this letter is the same man.
- Ad Familiares 2.14 §1 His business please take up as if it were my own
Marcus Fadius had litigation pending before a Roman praetor (see Fam. 13.59); Cicero's formula here --- treat it as my own business --- was the standard strong form of a Roman recommendation, implying that Caelius's personal honour was engaged.