Lucius Fufius was a Roman orator, who was an elder contemporary of

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. In 98 BC he accused Manius Aquillius of extortion during the consulship of Aquillius in Sicily in 101 BC. The accused, defended by Marcus Antonius Orator, was acquitted. Lucius Fufius had a quarrelsome personality with passionate oratory, which he retained into extreme old age until his voice was almost gone. Smith, William (editor); ''

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, (1867)

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