person
Megabocchus
A hot-headed young Roman, named at Att. 2.7 with "this bloodthirsty youth" as a bitter enemy of the coalition; later associated with violence in the Catilinarian aftermath and with Crassus's Parthian expedition.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.7 §2 Megabocchus and this bloodthirsty youth
Megabocchus, a hot-headed young associate (later linked to Catilinarian violence and to Crassus's Parthian campaign). "This bloodthirsty youth" names him and the reckless young men around him as bitter enemies of the coalition.