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ard large deficiencies. Another work by the same uprightness as a judge both in B. c. 70 (in Verr. i.
writer, entitled "Ars de Barbarismis et Metaplas- 7) and in B. c. 66. (Pro Cluent. 38.) Considius
mis," was recently discovered by Cramer in a is spoken of as quite an old 'man in Caesar's conRegensburg MS. now at Munich, and was pub- sulship, B. c. 59, and it is related of him, that
lished at Berlin, in 1817, by Buttmann. It is of when very few senators came to the house, on one
considerable value on account of the fragments occasion, he told Caesar, that the reason of their
quoted from lost productions, and of the view which absence was their fear of his arms and soldiers;
it affords of the state of the language and of gram- and that when Caesar thereupon asked him why
matical studies at the period when it was com- he also did not stop at home, he replied, that old
posed. In the " de Barbarismis" we find a refer- age had deprived him of all fear. (Plut. Caes. 14;
ence to a third essay on the structure of periods, Cic. ad Att. ii. 24.)
" de Structurarum Ratione," which, if ever pub- 5. Q. CONSIDIUS, the usurer, may perhaps be
lished, is no longer extant. the same as the preceding, especially as the anecConsentius is commonly believed to have flou- dote related of him is in accordance with the
rished at Constantinople in the middle of the fifth character which Cicero gives of the senator. It is
century, on the supposition that he was one or related of this Considius, that, when in the Catiliother of the following individuals. narian conspiracy, B. c. 63, the value of all property
1. CONSENTIUS, a poet violently bepraised by had been so much depreciated that it was imposSidonius Apollinaris. (Carm. xxiii., Epist. viii. 4.) sible even for the wealthy to pay their creditors,
He married a daughter of the consul Jovianus, by lie did not call in the principal or interest of any
whom he had a son, namely of the sums due to him, although he had 15 mil2. CONSENTIUS, who rose to high honour under lions of sesterces out at interest, endeavouring by
Valentinian III., by whom he was named Comes this indulgence to mitigate, as far as he could, the
Palatii and despatched upon an important mission general alarm. (Val. Max. iv. 8. ~ 3; comp. Cic.
to Theodosius. He also had a son, namely ad Att. i. 12.)
3. CONSENTIUS, who devoted himself to literary 6. Q. CONSIDIUs GALLUS, one of the heirs of
leisure and the enjoyments of a rural life, and is Q. Turius in B. c. 43, was perhaps a son of No. 4.
celebrated as well as his grandfather by Sidonius. (Cic. ad Fam. xii. 26.)
Fabricius (Bibl. Lat. vol. iii. p. 745) tells us, 7. P. CONSIDIUS, served under Caesar in his
that in some MSS. the grammarian is styled not first campaign in Gaul, B. c. 58, and is spoken of
only vir clarissimus, the ordinary appellation of as an experienced soldier, who had served under
learned men at that period, but also quintius consu- L. Sulla and afterwards under M. Crassus. (Caes.
laris quinque civitatum, which might perhaps lead B. G. i. 21.)
us to identify him with the second of the above 8. M. CONsIDIus NONIANUS, praetor in B. c. 52.
personages. [W. R.] He is spoken of in 49 as the intended successor of
CONSE'VIUS or CONSI'VIUS, the propa- Caesar in the province of Nearer Gaul, and he asgator, occurs as the surname of Janus and Ops. sisted Pompey in the same year in conducting his
(Macrob. Sat. i. 9, iii. 9; Fest.s.v. Opimau.) [L. S.] preparations at Capua. (Ascon. in Cic. Mil. p. 55,
CONSI'DIA GENS, plebeian. None of its ed. Orelli; Cic. ad Fam. xvi. 12, ad Att. viii. 11,..)
members ever obtained any higher office in the The name of C. Considius Nonianus occurs on
state than the praetorship, and are, with once ex- coins. (Eckhel, v. p. 177.)
ception, mentioned only in the last century of the 9. C. CONSIDIUS LONGUS, propraetor in Africa,
republic. The cognomens of this gens are Gallus, left his province shortly before the breaking out of
Longus, Nonianus, and Paetus, the last two of the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, in
which also occur on coins; but as there is some order to go to Rome to become a candidate for the
confusion between some of the members of the consulship, entrusting the government to Q. Ligagens, an account of all of them is given under rius. (Cic. pro Ligar.' 1; Schol. Gronov. in Ligar.
CONSIDIUS, and not under the cognomens. p. 414, ed. Orelli.) When the civil war broke out
CONSI'DIUS. 1. Q. ConsemIUS, tribune of in B. c. 49, Considius espoused Pompey's party,
the plebs, B. c. 476, united with his colleague T. and returned to Africa, where he held Adrumetum
Genucius in bringing forward the agrarian law with one legion. (Caes. B. C. ii. 23.) He still
again, and also in accusing T. Menenius Lanatus, had possession of Adrumetum two years afterthe consul of the preceding year, because it was wards, B. c. 47, when Caesar came into Africa;
supposed that the Fabii had perished at Cremera and when a letter was sent him by the hands of a
through his neglect. (Liv. ii. 52; Dionys. ix. 27.) captive, Considius caused the unfortunate bearer
2. CONsIDius, a farmer of the public taxes to be put to death, because he said he had brought
(peublicanus), brought an action against L. Sergius it from the imperator Caesar, declaring at the same
Orata, who was praetor in B. c. 98, on account of time himself, that Scipio was the only imperator of
his illegal appropriation of the waters of the Lu- the Roman people at that time. Shortly aftercrine sea. Orata was defended by L. Crassus, who wards Considius made an unsuccessful attempt
wvas a friend of Considius. (Val. Max. ix. 1. ~ 1.) upon Achilla, a free town in Caesar's interest, and
3. L. CONSIDIUS, conducted, in conjunction with was obliged to retire to Adrumetum. We next
Sex. Saltius, a colony to Capua, which was formed hear of Considius in possession of the stronglyby M. Brutus, the father of the so-called tyrasnni- fortified town of Tisdra; but after the defeat of
cide, in his tribunate, B. c. 83. [BRUTUS, No. 20 ] Scipio at Thapsus, and when he heard that Cn.
Considius and Saltius are ridiculed by Cicero for Domitius Calvinus was advancing against the town,
the arrogance which they displayed, and for calling he secretly withdrew from it, accompanied by a
thecmnselves praetors instead of duumvirs. (Cic. de few Gaetulians and laden with money, intending
Ley. Agr. ii. 34.) to fly into Mauretania. But he was murdered on
4. Q. CONSDIUS, a senator and one of the the journey by thle Gaetulians, who coveted Ihis
judices, is praised by Cicero for his integrity and treasures. (Ilirt. B. Af-. 3, 4, 33, 43, 76, 86, 93.)