person
Minucius (of Tarentum)
Minucius
also: Minucium
A banker or financial agent based at Tarentum through whom Cicero arranged payments in 47 BC; Cicero complains that he had 'taken care of only twelve thousand' sesterces (Att. 11.14-11.15). Distinct from L. Minucius Basilus.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 11.14 §3 I shall write to Minucius at Tarentum
Minucius was a financial agent at Tarentum handling sums for Cicero in his straitened circumstances. Cicero is arranging to have money raised and a letter from Atticus forwarded through him.