Publius Canutius or Cannutius was described by
Cicero as the most eloquent
orator of the senatorial order.
Canutius was born in 106 B.C., the same year as Cicero. After the death of
Publius Sulpicius Rufus, who was one of the most celebrated orators of his time, and who left no orations behind him, Canutius composed some and published them under the name of Sulpicius.
Canutius is frequently mentioned in Cicero's oration for
Aulus Cluentius Habitus, as having been engaged in the prosecution of several of the parties connected with that disgraceful affair.
[ Marcus Tullius Cicero, '' Brutus'', 56, '']Pro Cluentio
''Pro Cluentio'' is a speech by the Roman orator Cicero given in defense of a man named Aulus Cluentius Habitus Minor.
Cluentius, from Larinum in Samnium, was accused in 69 BC by his mother Sassia of having poisoned his stepfather, Statius Abbiu ...
'', 10, 18, 21, 27.
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Canutia (gens)
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1st-century BC Romans
Ancient Roman jurists
106 BC births
Year of death unknown
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