person
Q. Catulum priorem
also: Quintus Catulus the elder
Q. Lutatius Catulus, consul 102 BC, the colleague of Marius at Aquae Sextiae and Vercellae against the Cimbri (101); patron of letters, author of memoirs and Greek-style poems, host of the philosophical and literary circle of his day. Father of the consul of 78. He committed suicide in 87 BC in Marius's purge (Verr. 2.3; Pro Archia 5-6).
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.79 Quintus Catulus, the father of my colleague and friend
Quintus Lutatius Catulus, consul 102 BC, orator and poet, father of Cotta's colleague. The verses quoted are his erotic epigram praising the actor Roscius as fairer than the dawn-god.