A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

4. C.CosconiusCalidianus, adopted from the Calidia gens, a Roman orator of little merit, distinguished for his vehement action and gesticulation (Cic. Brut. 69), is perhaps the same person as the preceding or succeeding.