person
Quintus Caecilius
Caecilius
also: Caecilius, Quintus Caecilius
Atticus's maternal uncle, a wealthy and notoriously difficult moneylender whose estate Atticus eventually inherited (taking the name Q. Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus). At Att 1.1.3-4 he is defrauded by P. Varius and asks Cicero to appear against A. Caninius Satyrus, which Cicero declines, straining their relations.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.9 §1 the quaestor Caecilius
The Caecilius whose departing slave gives Cicero his chance to dash off the letter. The identification is uncertain; bound here to Atticus's wealthy uncle Q. Caecilius, though his holding of a quaestorship in 59 BC is not securely attested. (Flagged.)
- Ad Atticum 3.20 §1 your uncle having performed his duty
Q. Caecilius, Atticus's wealthy and notoriously difficult uncle, had recently died and made Atticus his heir by adoption; the letter's heading reflects Atticus's new name. "Performing his duty" alludes to the favourable terms of the will.