is first mentioned during Cicero's government of Cilicia (B. C. 51-50), where he exerted himself in procuring panthers for the shows of the aediles at Rome (Cic. Fam. 2.1 , 8.9.3). His name next occurs as one of those persons who joined the murderers of Caesar after the assassination, wishing to share in the glory of theo deed; and in the following year, e. 100.4., he served as proquaestor in Asia in tre republican ;u, iy. (Appian, App. BC 2.119 Cic. Fam. 12.13, 15.)