person
Phania
also: Phaniam, Phaniae
A trusted freedman of Appius Claudius Pulcher; Cicero conferred with him at Brundisium about which part of Cilicia to enter first when succeeding Appius.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 3.1 §1 your freedman Phania
A libertus was a manumitted slave who remained bound to his former master as patron; trusted freedmen routinely managed a Roman grandee's correspondence and confidential business, as Phania does for Appius.