Manius Curius of Patrae

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 8.5 §2 the packet inscribed to M'. Curius

  Manius Curius, a Roman banker settled at Patrae in Greece and an old friend of both Cicero and Atticus. Cicero is routing correspondence and his secretary Tiro's expenses through Curius, anticipating his own possible crossing eastward.

• Ad Atticum 16.3 §3 I hope, though, that Curius will deliver his letter

  Manius Curius, a Roman businessman and banker settled at Patrae in Achaea and a warm friend of Cicero; he handled affairs for travellers passing through Greece.

• Ad Familiares 13.17 §1 I am fond of M'. Curius, who carries on business at Patrae

  M'. Curius is a Roman businessman resident at Patrae (Patras, the main port of Achaea), which fell squarely under Sulpicius's jurisdiction as proconsul. Curius appears again in Ad Atticum as one of Atticus's closest business associates and is described there as a man of integrity and Roman civic feeling far from home.

• Ad Familiares 13.50 §1 carries on business at Patrae

  M'. Curius was a Roman businessman (negotiator) settled at Patrae (Patras) in Achaea, an old friend of Cicero and an especially close intimate of Atticus. Cicero used his house at Patrae during the civil war.

• Ad Familiares 16.4 §2 To Curius, that most agreeable of men

  Manius Curius is a Roman banker (negotiator) resident at Patrae and a close friend of both Cicero and Atticus; Cicero asks him to take the convalescent Tiro into his own house and to cover his expenses.

• Ad Familiares 16.5 §2 My whole hope for your being carefully looked after rests in Curius

  Manius Curius, the Roman banker at Patrae, was the man Cicero most trusted to oversee Tiro's care; Cicero urges Tiro to put himself entirely in his hands.

• Ad Familiares 16.9 §3 I have written to Curius

  Manius Curius, the Roman banker resident at Patrae who had taken the ailing Tiro into his house; Cicero arranges through him to pay the doctor.