Curius

Cŭrĭus, a,

• the name of a Roman gens; thus M'. Curius Dentatus, the conqueror of the Samnites, Sabines, Lucanians, and of Pyrrhus; celebrated for his moderation, Cic. Sen. 16, 55 sq.; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 33; Hor. C. 1, 12, 41; Juv. 11, 78; Flor. 1, 15; 1, 18; Cic. Sull. 7, 23; Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 sq. et saep.—
• • B Appel. for a bold and moderate man; in plur.: (Nenia) et maribus Curiis et decantata Camillis, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 64; Juv. 2, 3.—Hence,
• II Cŭrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Curius, Curian: villa, Cic. Leg. 2, 1, 3: causa, id. de Or. 2, 6, 24: judicium, Quint. 7, 6, 9.

Curius, a, um, a) Name einer röm. plebej. gens, aus der am bekanntesten: M'. Curius Dentatus, Besieger der Samniter u. Sabiner, sowie des Pyrrhus, bekannt wegen seiner großen Mäßigkeit, Cic. de sen. 55. Apul. apol. 17. Val. Max. 4, 3, 5 u. 6. – Plur., Curiī, Männer wie Kurius, Cic. Pis. 58 u. Sest. 143. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 64. Lucan. 10, 152. – b) appellat. »ein Kurius« = ein tapferer u. mäßiger Mann, Plur. b. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 64. Iuven. 2, 3. – Dav. abgeleitet: Curiānus, a, um, kurianisch, des Kurius, Cic. u. Quint.

Cŭrĭus, (10) ĭī, m. , nom romain ; [en part.] M.' Curius Dentatus, vainqueur des Samnites et de Pyrrhus, type de la frugalité et des vertus antiques : Cic. Br. 55 ; CM 55 || [fig.] Cŭrĭī, ōrum, m. , des hommes comme Curius : Cic. Mur. 17.

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1. M'. Curius, probably a grandson of M'. Curius Dentatus, was tribune of the people in B. C. 199. He and one of his colleagues, M. Fulvius, opposed T. Quinctius Flamininus, who offered himself as a candidate for the consulship, without having held any of the intermediate offices between that of quaestor and consul; but the tribunes yielded to the wishes of the senate. (Liv. 32.7.)

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2. M'. Curius, is known only through a lawsuit which he had with M. Coponius about an inheritance, shortly before B. C. 91. A Roman citizen, who was anticipating his wife's confinement, made a will to this effect, that if the child should be a son and die before the age of maturity, M'. Curious should succeed to his property. Soon after, the testator died, and his wife did not give birth to a son. M. Coponius, who was the next of kin to the deceased, now came forward, and, appealing to the letter of the will, claimed the property which had been left. Q. Mucius Scaevola undertook to plead the cause of Coponius, and L. Licinius Crassus spoke for Curius. Crassus succeeded in gaining the inheritance for his client. This trial (Curiana causa), which attracted great attention at the time, on account of the two eminent men who conducted it, is often mentioned by Cicero. (De Orat. 1.39, 56, 57, 2.6, 32, 54, Brut. 39, 52, 53, 73, 88, pro Caecin. 18, Topic. 10.)

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3. M'. Curius (is in some editions called M'. Curtius), a friend of Cicero and a relation (consobrinus) of C. Caelius Caldus. He was quaestor urbanus in B. C. 61, and tribune of the people in 58, when Cicero hoped that Curius would protect him against the machinations of P. Clodius. At a somewhat later time, he is called in a letter of Cicero's addressed to him (ad Fam. 13.49) a governor of a Roman province with the title of proconsul, but it is not known of what province he had the administration. The letter above referred to is the only one extant among the ad Familiares which is addressed to him. In the declamation Post Reditum in Senatu (8) Cicero states, that he had been quaestor to Curius's father, whereas it is a well-known fact, that Cicero had been quaestor to Sex. Peducaeus. This contradiction is usually solved by the supposition, that Curius was the adoptive son of Peducaeus. Further Information

Cic. Fam. 2.19, ad Quint. Frat. 1.4, pro Flacc. 13.

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4. M'. Curius, one of the most intimate friends of Cicero, who had known him from his childhood, and describes him as one of the kindest of men, always ready to serve his friends, and as a very pattern of politeness (urbanitas). He lived for several years as a negotiator at Patrae in Peloponnesus. At the time when Tiro, Cicero's freedman, was ill at Patrae, B. C. 50 and subsequently, Curius took great care of him. In B. C. 46, Cicero recommended Curius to Serv. Sulpicius, who was then governor of Achaia, and also to Auctus, his successor. The intimacy between Curius and Atticus was still greater than that between Cicero and Curius; and the latter is said to have made a will in which Atticus and Cicero were to be the heirs of his property, Cicero receiving one-fourth, and Atticus the rest. Among Cicero's letters to his friends there are three addressed to Curius (7.23-26), and one (7.29) is addressed by Curius to Cicero. (Cic. ad Fam. 8.5, 6, 13.7, 17, 50, 16.4, 5, 9, 11, ad Att. 7.2, 3, 16.3.)

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5. M'. Curius, a man notorious as a gambler, who, however, was notwithstanding this appointed judex by Antony in B. C. 44. (Cic. Phil. 5.5, 8.9.)

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6. C. Curius, a brother-in-law of C. Rabirius (the murderer of Saturninus), and father of the C. Rabirius Postumus, .who was adopted by C. Rabirius. He was a man of equestrian rank, and is called princeps ordinis equestris. He was the largest farmer of the public revenue, and acquired great wealth by his undertakings, which he spent in such a manner, that he seemed to acquire it only with the view of obtaining the means for shewing his kindness and benevolence. Notwithstanding this noble character, he was once accused of having embezzled sums of public money, and with having destroyed a document by fire; but he was most honourably acquitted. (Cic. pro Rabir. perd. 3, pro Rabir. Post. 2, 17.)

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7. Q. Curius, a Roman senator, who had once held the office of quaestor, came forward in B. C. 64 as a candidate for the consulship; but he not merely lost his election, but, being a man of a bad character and a notorious gambler, he was even ejected from the senate. He was a friend of Catiline, and an accomplice in his conspiracy; but he betrayed the secret to his mistress Fulvia, through whom it became known to Cicero. Whether he perished during the suppression of the conspiracy, or survived it, is uncertain. In the latter case, he may have been the same as the Curius mentioned by Appian (App. BC 5.137), who was in Bithynia with Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, and attempted to betray him, for which he paid with his life. Κούριος

(Cic. de Petit. Cons. 3, in Tog. Cand. p. 426, and Ascon. in Tog. Cand, p. 95, ed. Orelli; Cic. Att. 1.1; Sallust, Catil. 17, 23, 26; Appian, App. BC 2.3.) [L.S]

Cu'rius Fortunatia'nus

[Fortunatianus.]

Cu'rius, Vi'bius

a commander of the cavalry in Caesar's army, when he commenced the war against Pompey in Italy. Several of Pompey's generals at the time deserted to Vibius Curius. (Caes. Civ. 1.24; Cic. Att. 2.20, 9.6; Quint. Inst. 6.3.73.) [L.S]