Plautius

Plautĭus (Plōt-), i, m.,

• name of a Roman gens.
• • • 1 M. Plautius Hypsaeus, a consul A. U. C. 630, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 166.—
    • 2 M. Plautius Silvanus, a tribune of the people A. U. C. 666, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79.—
    • 3 L. Plotius Gallus, a rhetorician in the time of Marius, Suet. Rhet. 2.—
    • 4 L. Plotius, a poet who celebrated the Mithridatic war, Cic. Arch. 9, 20.—Hence,
  • A Plautĭus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., of or pertaining to a Plautius (Plotius), Plautian, Plotian: Plautia lex, of the tribune of the people M. Plautius Sylvanus, Ascon. Cic. Corn. p. 79: ipse (Catilina) lege Plautiā interrogatus est, Sall. C. 31, 4; Cic. Mil. 13, 35: Plautia rogatio, Gell. 13, 3, 5: Plotia rogatio, Suet. Caes. 5.—
  • B Plautĭānus (Plōt-), a, um, adj., Plautian: fabulae, of the comic poet Plautius, Gell. 3, 3: de bonis Plotianis, belonging to a certain Plotius, Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2.

Plautius (Plōtius), a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der zu erwähnen sind L. Plotius, ein Dichter, Cic. Arch. 20: Plautius, ein Komödiendichter, Varro b. Gell. 3, 3, 10: L. Plotius Gallus, ein röm. Rhetor, Varro sat. Men. 257. Suet. rhet. 2. Schol. Bob. ad Cic. pro Arch. p. 357 B. – Adi., plautisch, lex Plautia od. Plotia, Sall. u. Cic. fr. (dass. subst. bl. Plotia, Cic. ad Att. 1, 18, 6): rogatio Plotia od. Plautia, Suet. u. Gell. – Dav. Plautiānus (Plōtiānus), a, um, plautianisch, des Plautius (Plotius), fabulae, des Dichters Plautius, Gell.: bona Plotiana, einem gewissen Plotius gehörig, Cic.

Plautĭus (11) (Plōt-), ĭī, m. , nom de famille rom. : Cic. Arch. 20 ; Gell. 3, 3, 10 || -tĭus, a, um, Plautia lex Sall. C. 31, 4 ; Cic. Mil. 35, loi Plautia ; cf. Gell. 13, 3, 5 ; Suet. Cæs. 5 || -ĭānus, a, um, de Plautius : Cic. Fam. 13, 8, 2 ; Gell. 3, 3.

Plau'tius

a Roman jurist, who is not mentioned by Pomponiua, though he lived before Pomponius. That he was a jurist of some note may be inferred from the fact that Paulus wrote eighteen Libri ad Plautium [Paulus, Julius]. Javolenus also wrote five books ad Plautium or ex Plautio, and Pomponius seven books. Plautiua cited Castit. sius. (Dig. 34. tit. 2. s. 8) and Proculus (dig. 35. tit. l. s. 43), and was cited by Neratius priscus, who wrote Libri ex Plautio [Neratius Priscus]. Plautius therefore lived about the time of Vespasian. (Grotius, Vitae Jarisconsult.; Zimmern, Geschichte des Röm. Pricatrechts, p. 322 : Vatican. Frag. § 74, 82; and § 77, which is a testimony to the merits of Plautius; Wieling, Jurisprudentia Restituta, p. 338.) [G.L]

Plau'tius, No'vius

a Roman artist, in the department of ornamental metal-work (caelatura). He was the maker of one of the most admired of cylindrical bronze caskets (cistae mysticae), which are found in tons in Italy, containing paterae, mirrors, and utensils of the bath, such as strigils. The greatest number of such caskets have been found at Praeneste, where some of them seem to have been laid up in the temple of Fortune, as votive offerings from women. The one which bears the name of Plautius is beautifully engraved with subjects from the Argonautic expedition; a hunt is engraved round the lid, which is surmounted by three figures in bronze; and on the lid is the fol lowing inscription: on the one side, DINDIA. MACOLINA. FILEA. DEIT,--on the other, NOVIOS. PLAUTIOS. MED . (me) ROMAI . FECID. From the style of the workmanship and of the inscription, the date of the artist is supposed to be about A. U. 500, B. C. 254. (Winckelmann, Gesch. d. Kunst, b. 8.4.7; Müller, Arch. d. Kunst, § 173, n. 4.) [P.S]

Plau'tius Quintillus

[Quintilius.]

Plau'tius Rufus

[Rufus.]

Plautius

(1) Aulus, a Roman of consular rank, who was sent by the emperor Claudius in A.D. 43 to subdue Britain. He remained in Britain four years, and subdued the southern part of the island. He obtained an ovation on his return to Rome in 47.

(2) A Roman jurist, who lived about the time of Vespasian, and is cited by subsequent jurists.