PATI2578 Q. Patisius (1)

Life Dates

  • 43?, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Possibly proscribed?Hinard 43 no. 100

  • Before 30?, death - violent (Hinard 1985) Expand

    KIA or executed?.

Career

  • Legatus (Envoy) 48 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Sent by Domitius Calvinus to Cilicia to summon reinforcements against the invasion of Pharnaces of Pontus (Bell. Alex. 34.5). Münzer (RE) suggests that the name Patisius is an error for Patiscus (cf. Cic. Fam. 2.11.2; 8.9.3; and the Index, on Patiscus). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Senator - Office Unknown? c. 44 (DPRR Team) Expand
    • Plut. Caes. 67.4-5, App. BC 2.119. Joined the Liberators on the Capitol on the Ides of March. Unlike C. Octavius and Lentulus Spinther, he is not explicitly mentioned as having claimed to have been an assassin, but might have been a senator nonetheless. (DPRR Team)