person
Sicca
also: Sicca, Sica
A close friend and confidential agent of Cicero who sheltered him at Vibo in southern Italy during the exile of 58 BC. He serves again as a trusted intermediary in the post-Pharsalus letters from Brundisium.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.2 §1 on Sicca's estate
Sicca was a close friend and confidential agent of Cicero who put his property at the fugitive's disposal during the exile. Staying on a friend's land was a way of remaining within Italy while the terms of the Clodian bill were still being settled.
- Ad Atticum 16.6 §1 to Sicca's place
Sicca was an old and intimate friend of Cicero whose villa lay at Vibo in the toe of Italy; Cicero had sheltered with him during his exile in 58 BC, and stays with him again here on the first leg of this voyage toward Greece.
- Ad Atticum 16.11 §1 no insult to Sicca or Septimia
Sicca was a friend and host of Cicero (at Vibo); Septimia was apparently his mistress, and Cicero promises to touch on the affair lightly in the speech without naming or shaming them outright.
- Ad Familiares 14.15 §1 you can learn from Sicca
Sicca was a trusted friend and confidential agent of Cicero who had sheltered him at Vibo during the exile of 58 BC; here he again serves as the bearer of news too sensitive to commit to writing.