person
Pacideianus (the gladiator)
Pacideianus
also: Pacideianus
A gladiator celebrated in Lucilius as the best of all, matched against Aeserninus the Samnite; Cicero casts himself in the role to describe a ruinous duel with Pompey he chose to avoid.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.4 §2 Pacideianus matched against Aeserninus the Samnite
A pair of gladiators made proverbial by a vivid passage of the satirist Lucilius. Cicero uses the image to say that prosecuting Gabinius would have meant a savage, mutually wounding duel with Pompey, who backed him.
- Tusculan Disputations §4.48 some Pacideianus of the temper that Lucilius reports
Pacideianus, a celebrated gladiator described in a famous passage of the satirist Lucilius boasting of his rage in the arena. Cicero contrasts this gladiatorial anger with true courage.