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of Julius Caesar; and although pre-eminently dull, The speeches which he delivered against Catiline,
seems to have been popular, for it passed through a were extant in the time of Asconius, who characgreat number of editions. The best translation is terises Lucceius as-an orator, paratus erwditusque
that of Rowe, which first appeared in 1718 (fol. (Ascon. in Tog. Cand. pp. 92, 93, ed. Orelli). In
Lond.); it is executed throughout with consi- B. c. 60 he became a candidate for the consulship,
-derable spirit. along with Julius Caesar, who agreed to support
Of the numerous French translations, that of him in his canvass, on the understanding that
Guillaume de Brebeuf, 4to. Paris, 1654_ —1655, Lucceius, who was very wealthy, should promise
longy enjoyed great reputation, and, notwithstanding money to the electors in their mutual names; but
the censures of Boileau, still finds admirers. The he lost his election in consequence of the arisprose version of Marmontel, 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, tocracy using every effort to bring in Bibulus, as a
*1766, is in every way detestable. counterpoise.to Caesar's influence (Suet. Caes. 19
The German metrical translations of L. von Cic. ad At. i 17. ~ 11, ii.1. 9). Lucceius -seenm
Seckendorff, 8vo. Leip. 1695, and of C. W. von now to have withdrawn from public life and to have
Borck, 8vo. Halle, 1749, are not highly esteemed, devoted himself to literature. He - was chiefly enand that in prose by P. L. Haus, 8vo. Mannheim, gaged in the composition of a contemporaneous
1792, is almost as bad as Marmontel's. [W. R.] history of Rome, commencing with the Social or
LUCA'NUS, OCELLUS. [OCELLUS.] Marsic war. In B.c. 55 he had nearly finished
LUCA'NUS, TERE'NTIUS. According to the history of the Social and of the first Civil war,
the life of the comic poet, Terence, which goes when Cicero, whose impatience to have his own
under the name of Suetonius, P. Terentius Lucanus deeds celebrated would not allow him to wait till
was the name of the Roman senator whose slave Lucceius arrived at the history of his consulship,
Terence was, and who subsequently manumitted wrote a most urgent and elaborate letter to his
him. (Comp. Pighius, Annal. vol. ii. p. 347.) friend, pressing him to suspend the thread of his
A painter of the name of C. Terentius Lucanus history, and to devote a separate work to the period
is mentioned by Pliny (H. N. xxxv. 7. s. 33.) from Catiline's conspiracy to Cicero's recall from
There are several coins of the Terentia gens extant, banishment. In this letter (ad Pam. v. 12), which
bearing -the legend c. TER. LUC. i. e. C. Terentius Cicero himself calls valde bella- (ad Att. iv. 6. ~ 4),
-Lucanus; but by whom they were struck we do and which is one of the most extraordinary in the
not know. A specimen of one is given below: the whole of his correspondence, he does not hesitate
obverse represents the head of Pallas, with a small to ask Lucceius, on account of his friendship and
figure of Victory standing behind her, and the re- love for him, to say more in his favour than truth
verse the Dioscuri. would warrant (pluscu!um etiam, quam concedet
veritas, largiare), and to speak in higher terms of
the events than he might perhaps think they deserved (ut ornes vel7ementius etiam quana fortasse
sentis); and he concludes by remarking that if
Lucceius refuses him his request, he shall be
obliged to write the history himself. -Lucceius
promised compliance with his request, and the book
which Cicero sent to Lucceius by means of Atticus,
shortly afterwards, probably contained materials
-for the work- (Cic. ad Att. iv. 11. ~ 2).- It -was
LUCCEIUS. 1. A Roman general, who, in about this time that Cicero, anxious to conciliate
conjunction with the praetor C. Cosconius, defeated Lucceius in every possible way, spoke of him in
the Samnites in the Social war, B. C. 89. -(Liv. public in his oration for Caelius as sanctissimus
/Epit. 75.) [CoscoNIUS,-No. 2.] - homno atque integerrimnus, as ille vir, illa humanitate
2. Q. LuccEIvs, of Rhegium, a witness against preeditus, illis studils, illis artibus atque doctrinea
Verres. (Cic. Verr. v. 64.) (cc. 21, 22); but it would seem that' Lucceius
3. LUccEIUS, M. F, a correspondent of Cicero, never produced the much-wished-for work.
B. C. 50, and a zealous supporter of the aristocracy In B. C. 55 Lucceius went to Sardinia (Cic. ad
(ad Att. v. 21. ~ 13), must be distinguished from Qu. Fr. ii. 6. ~ 2); and on the breaking out of the
L. Lucceius, Q. f, the historian [No. 4]. The civil war in B. C. 49, he espoused the side of Pomfollowing passages of Cicero, in which the name of pey, with whom he had long lived on terms of inLucceius occurs without any praenomen, are re- timacy: Pompey was in the habit- of consulting
ferred by Orelli (Onom. Tull. vol. ii. p. 361) to the him during the course of the war on all important
former of the two (ad Att. v. 20. ~ 8, vi. 1. ~ 23, matters (Caes. B. C~. iii. 18; Cic. ad Alt. ix. 1. ~ 3,
vii. 3. ~ 6). I11. ~ 3). Lucceius was subsequently pardoned
4. L. LUccEIUS, Q. F. the historian, was an old by Caesar and returned to Rome, where he confriend and neighbour of Cicero. His name fre- tinued to live on friendly terms with Cicero;
quently occurs at the commencement of Cicero's -and when the latter lost his beloved daughter
correspondence with Atticus, with whom Lucceius Tullia in B. C. 45, Lucceius sent him a letter of
had quarrelled for some reason or another. Cicero condolence (Cic. ad Fam. v. 13). He probably
attempted to reunite his two friends, but Lucceius died soon afterwards, as his name does not appear
was so angry with Atticus that he would not listen again in Cicero's correspondence.
to any overtures. It appears that M. Sallustius 5. C. LuccEIus C. F. HIRRUS, of the Pupinian
was in -some way or other involved in the quarrel. tribe (Cic. ad Faim. viii. 8. ~ 5), tribune of the
(Cic. ad Att. i. 3. ~ 3, 5. ~ 5, 10. ~ 2, 11. ~, plebs, B. C. 53, proposed that Pompey should be
14. ~ 7.) created dictator, and was in consequence very
In B. c. 63 Lucceius accused Catiline, -after the nearly deprived of his office (Cic. ad Qu. Fr. iii
latter had failed in his application for the consulship. 8. ~ 4, 9. ~ 3; Plut. Ponmp. 54, where he is