Rabirius
- the name of a Roman gens. Thus,
- 1 C. Rabirius, a tribune of the people; and,
- 2 C. Rabirius Postumus, a knight; both of them defended by Cicero in orations still extant.—
- 3 An indifferent philosophical writer, Cic. Ac. 1, 2, 5. —
- 4 An excellent poet, Ov. P 4, 16, 5; Quint. 10, 1, 90. — Hence,
- II Răbīrĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Rabirius, Rabirian: domus, Cic. Att. 1, 6, 1.
- 1. C. ~, Rom. ridder die in 63 v. Chr. door Cicero met succes verdedigd is tegen de aanklacht v. deelname aan de moord op Saturninus; — adj. Rabīriānus, a, um [domus];
- 2. C. ~ Postumus, neef en adoptiefzoon van
- 1. , in 54 v. Chr. door Cicero verdedigd;
- 3. C. ~, episch dichter, tijdgenoot v. Vergilius.
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…est in senatu Kal. Ianuariis, altera ad populum de lege agraria, tertia de Othone, quarta pro Rabirio, quinta de proscriptorum filiis, sexta cum provinciam in contione deposui, septima quom Catilinam emisi, octava quam…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…nullis domesticis volneribus coactus ; induxerit eum L. Saturnini familiaritas ut amicitiam patriae praeponeret ; idcircone oportuit C. Rabirium desciscere a re publica, non comparere in illa armata multitudine bonorum, consulum voci atque imperio non oboedire atqui…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…adulescens, cum hic C. Curio, cum denique omnes clarissimi viri cum consulibus essent quid tandem C. Rabirium facere convenit utrum inclusum atque abditum latere in occulto atque ignaviam suam tenebrarum ac parietum custodiis tegere, an in…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…cum amicitiae vetustas, cum dignitas hominis, cum ratio humanitatis, cum meae vitae perpetua consuetudo ad C. Rabirium defendendum est adhortata, tum vero, ut id studiosissime facerem, salus rei publicae, consulare officium, consulatus…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…, vestrae libertatis atque huiusce rei publicae possumus dicere, sceleris ac parricidi nefarii mortuum condemnabimus etenim si C. Rabirio, quod iit ad arma, crucem T. Labienus in campo Martio defigendam putavit, quod tandem excogitabitur in…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…, aut de civibus Romanis contra legem Porciam verberatis aut necatis plura dicenda sunt, cum tanto studio C. Rabirius totius Apuliae, singulari voluntate Campaniae ornetur, cumque ad eius propulsandum periculum non modo homines sed prope regiones ipsae…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…indocti intellegere possent nec docti legere curarent. Vides autem eadem ipse ; didicisti enim non posse nos Amafinii aut Rabirii similes esse, qui nulla arte adhibita de rebus ante oculos positis vulgari sermone disputant, nihil definiunt nihil partiuntur…
M. Tullius Cicero, Academica
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…ambigua distinximus. Fuit ornandus in Manilia lege Pompeius temperata oratione ornandi copiam persecuti sumus. Ius omne retinendae maiestatis Rabiri causa continebatur ergo in ea omni genere amplificationis exarsimus. at haec interdum temperanda et varianda sunt. Quod igitur…
M. Tullius Cicero, Orator
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…, quorum potestas proxime ad deorum immortalium numen accedit, oro atque obsecro, quoniam uno tempore vita C. Rabiri, hominis miserrimi atque innocentissimi, salus rei publicae vestris manibus suffragiisque permittitur, adhibeatis in hominis fortunis misericordiam ,…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Perduellionis Reo
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…, gloriam, sive, ut tu vis, pecuniam quaesivit, sibi, ; non Rabirio quaesivit ; Rabirius enim ; non Gabini comes vel sectator nec ad Gabini, cuius id negotium non erat, sed ad…
Cicero, pro Rabirio Postumo
(1) Gaius, an aged senator, accused in B.C. 63, by T. Labienus, tribune of the plebs, of having put to death the tribune L. Appuleius Saturninus in 100, nearly forty years before. (See Saturninus.) The accusation was set on foot at the instigation of Caesar, who judged it necessary to deter the Senate from resorting to arms against the popular party. The Duumviri Perduellionis (an obsolete tribunal) appointed to try Rabirius were C. Caesar himself and his relative L. Caesar. Rabirius was condemned, but appealed to the people in the Comitia Centuriata. The case excited the greatest interest, since it was not simply the life or death of Rabirius, but the power and authority of the Senate, which were at stake. Rabirius was defended by Cicero; but the eloquence of his advocate was of no avail, and the people would have ratified the decision of the duumvirs had not the meeting been broken up by the praetor, Q. Metellus Celer, who removed the military flag which floated on the Ianiculum.
(2) Q. Rabirius Postŭmus was the son of the sister of the preceding. After the restoration of Ptolemy Auletes to his kingdom by means of Gabinius in B.C. 55, Rabirius repaired to Alexandria, and was invested by the king with the office of dioecetes, or chief treasurer. In this office his extortions were so terrible that Ptolemy had him apprehended; but Rabirius escaped from prison, probably through the connivance of the king, and returned to Rome. Here a trial awaited him. Gabinius had been sentenced to pay a heavy fine on account of his extortions in Egypt; and as he was unable to pay this fine, a suit was instituted against Rabirius, who was liable to make up the deficiency, if it could be proved that he had received any of the money of which Gabinius had illegally become possessed. Rabirius was defended by Cicero, and was probably condemned.
(3) A Roman poet, who lived in the last years of the Republic, and wrote a poem on the Civil Wars. A portion of this, found at Herculaneum, has been edited by Kreyssig (Schneeberg, 1814); and by Bährens in his Poetae Latini Minores (1879).