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

3. SEX.TITIUS, a seditious tribune of the plebs, B. C. 99, attempted to follow in the steps of Saturninus and Glaucia, who had perished in the preceding year, but was vigorously resisted by the orator M. Antonius, who was then consul. He was afterwards condemned for having a statue of Saturninus in his house. Cicero says (Brut. 62) that Titius was fluent, and with a fair measure of acuteness,

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but so extravagant in his gestures, that a dance was called after his name. (Cic. de Orat. 2.11, 66, pro C. Rabir. 9.)