Licinus

Lĭcĭnus, i, m.,

• a surname in the gens Fabia and Porcia.—Also, the name of a barber and freedman of Augustus, celebrated for his wealth, Hor. A. P. 301; Mart. 8, 3, 6; Varr. Atac. in Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 205. —Plur.: ego possideo plus Pallante et Licinis, Juv. 1, 109.

2. Licinus, ī, m., röm. Eigenname, unter dem bes. bekannt a) ein reicher Emporkömmling in Rom zur Zeit des Augustus, dessen prächtiges Grabmal an der via Salaria lag, Mart. 8, 3, 6. Anthol. Lat. 414, 1 (77, 1). – b) Porcius Licinus, s. Porcius.

2 Lĭcĭnus, (12) ī, m. , surnom romain : Hor. P. 301 ; Juv. 1, 109 ; Mart. 8, 3, 6.

Licĭnus

(1) A Gaul by birth, who was taken prisoner in war, and became a slave of Iulius Caesar, whose confidence he gained so much as to be made his dispensator or steward. Caesar gave him his freedom. He also won the favour of Augustus, who appointed him, in B.C. 15, governor of his native country, Gaul. By the plunder of Gaul and by other means, he acquired enormous wealth, and hence his name is frequently coupled with that of Crassus. He lived to see the reign of Tiberius.

(2) Clodius, a Roman annalist, who lived about the beginning of the first century B.C., wrote the history of Rome from its capture by the Gauls to his own time. This Clodius is frequently confounded with Q. Claudius Quadrigarius (q.v.).