person
Matrinius
also: Matrinio, Matrinius
A person involved in some public affair (the 'Matrinius business') that made Caelius's reputation famous even across the Taurus mountains (Fam. 2.15, 50 BC); details are otherwise lost. Possibly distinct from person:c-matrinius-eques (the Verrines equestrian Matrinius), though the identification cannot be ruled out.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 2.15 §4 the Matrinius business
The reference is to some public affair involving a Matrinius that had made Caelius famous even in the provinces beyond the Taurus; the detail is otherwise lost, but it was evidently a forensic or political coup by Caelius as aedile.