a Roman knight, had been twice in Africa as the chief director (magister) of the company that farmed the public taxes in that province, and had several friends there, whom Cicero at his request recommended to Q. Valerius Orca, the proconsul of Africa, in B. C. 45. (Cic. Fam. 13.6, comp. 16.17.)
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