served as a centurion in Crete, under Metellus Creticus, and, after the assassination of Julius Caesar, united himself to Cicero, who gave him a letter of introduction to Brutus. (Cic. ad Brut. 1.8.)
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