Caesulena (gens)
Encyclopedia
The gens Caesulena was a Roman
family during the late Republic
. It is best known from the orator Lucius Caesulenus, whom Cicero
describes as a vulgar man, skilled at drawing suspicions upon persons, and in making them out to be criminals. He was already an old man when Cicero heard him.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
family during the late Republic
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...
. It is best known from the orator Lucius Caesulenus, whom Cicero
Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
describes as a vulgar man, skilled at drawing suspicions upon persons, and in making them out to be criminals. He was already an old man when Cicero heard him.