person
Nicephorus (vilicus at Laterium)
Nicephorus
also: Nicephorum
Quintus's overseer (vilicus) at the Laterium estate, whom Cicero approved in 54 BC; he had been the contractor for a small outbuilding at 16,000 sesterces but gave it up when Quintus enlarged the work without raising the price.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 §5 Nicephorus, your overseer
The vilicus was the resident bailiff or steward, usually a slave or freedman, who managed a Roman estate and its labour and accounts on the owner's behalf.