person
Publius Lucceius
P. Lucceius
also: P. Lucceio, P. Lucceius, Lucceio
A friend (necessarius) of Cicero and a litigant in 43 BC whose case before arbiters could not be postponed because the parties were bound by a formal compromise and an oath; Cicero advised him to come (to Rome/Africa) in person (Fam. 12.30.5). Distinct from L. Lucceius and Q. Lucceius Rheginus.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 12.30 §5 they were prevented from granting it both by the formal compromise and by their oath
P. Lucceius's suit was before privately-appointed arbiters (arbitri) bound by a compromissum, an agreement under which both parties had sworn an oath fixing the procedure; that oath barred the arbiters from postponing the hearing date, so Lucceius had to appear in person.