Marcus Anneius was
legate
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of
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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during his government in
Cilicia
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, in 51 BC.
Anneius appears to have had some pecuniary dealings with the inhabitants of
Sardis
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, and Cicero gave him a letter of introduction to the
propraetor
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Quintus Minucius Thermus, that the latter might assist him in the matter.
In Cicero's campaign against the
Parthia
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ns in 50, Anneius commanded part of the Roman troops.
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'', William Smith, Editor.
See also
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Anneia gens
References
1st-century BC Romans
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