originally belonged to the Aurelia gens, whence his surname of Orestes, and was adopted by
Cn. Aufidius, the historian, when the latter was an old man [See Vol. I. p. 418b.]. Orestes
was repulsed when a candidate for the tribunate of the plebs, but he obtained the consulship
in de Off. 2.17) Orestes seems to have carried his election partly
by the magnificent treats he gave the people. (Cic. pro Dom. 13, pro Planc. 21;