CAED0735 Q. Caedicius (8) Q. f. Q. n.

Life Dates

  • 256, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

son of
? Q. Caedicius (10) Q. f. - n. Noctua (cos. 289) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Consul 256 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap. (names entire); Chr. 354 (Longo et Rugulo); Fast. Hyd. (Vulsone et Decio), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Manlius, Act. Tr.; Polyb. 1.26.11; Liv. 29.28.5; Iustin. 41.4.3; Dio fr. 43.20, and Zon. 8.12; Eutrop. 2.21; Oros. 4.8.9; see Degrassi 42f., 116, 434f. Caedicius died in office (Fast. Cap.), but Manlius and Regulus, the Consul Suffectus, defeated a large Carthaginian fleet off Sicily, refitted at Messana, and made a landing in Africa, whence Manlius brought home prisoners and booty (Polyb. 1.25-29; Eutrop. 2.21; Ampel. 46; Oros. 4.8.6-9; Zon. 8.12-13; cf. Diod. 23.11), and celebrated a naval triumph (Act. Tr., Degrassi 76f., 548). (Broughton MRR I)