person
Mustela
also: Mustelam
An agent — Mustela Tamisius — through whom Atticus pursued the gardens business for Cicero in 45 BC; Cicero judged him 'a thoroughly suitable man,' though he was also one of Faberius's co-sureties.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 12.44 §2 As for what you are doing through Mustela
Mustela (Tamisius) was an agent connected with the estate Cicero hoped to buy, a co-surety on the Faberian bond and useful in securing a buyer's access to the heirs. Cicero treats him as a reliable go-between in the gardens negotiation.
- Second Philippic §105 Mustela and Laco
Two men of Anagnia in Antony's retinue: Mustela, "chief of his swords" (his armed enforcer), and Laco, "chief of his cups" (his drinking-companion).