or CANNU'TIUS, was horn in the same year as Cicero, B. C. 106, and
is described by the latter as the most eloquent orator out of the senatorial order. Canutius
is frequently mentioned in Cicero's oration for Cluentius as having been engaged in the
prosecution of several of the parties connected with that disgraceful affair.
Works
Orations published in the name of P. Sulpicius Rufus
After the death of P. Sulpicius Rufus, who was one of the most celebrated orators of his
time, and who left no orations behind him, P. Canutius composed some and published them
under the name of Sulpicius.