person
Quintus Marcius Rex
Rex
also: Rex
Consul 68 BC, married to a sister of P. Clodius Pulcher and thus Clodius's brother-in-law. At Att. 1.16.10 Cicero puns that 'Rex' (the cognomen, also Latin for 'king') made no mention of Clodius in his will, an inheritance Clodius had hoped for. Distinct from person:rex-recipient (an uncertain 'Rex' addressed in Fam. 13.52).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.16 §10 Rex made no mention of you
A double pun: Cicero denies being a "king" (rex) while noting that Q. Marcius Rex, Clodius's brother-in-law, left him nothing in his will, an inheritance Clodius had counted on.