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Lucius Bestia (Antonian)

Bestia

also: Bestia, Bestiam

An Antonian partisan, an aspiring office-seeker repeatedly attacked by Cicero, who calls him the punching-bag of his lungs and voice. He is named among Antony's disreputable adherents and among those forming the bogus 'senate' in Antony's camp.

Mentioned in 8 works (10 total)

Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.3 letters · 1 mention
For Marcus Caelius speeches · 2 mentions
On the Orator rhetoric · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Ad M. Brutum 1.17 letters · 1 mention
Eleventh Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Twelfth Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Thirteenth Philippic speeches · 2 mentions

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