Titus Pomponius Atticus
Roman banker, writer and philosopher (c.110 BC – 32 BC) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Titus Pomponius Atticus (November 110 BC – 31 March 32 BC; later named Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus)[1] was a Roman editor, banker, and patron of letters[clarification needed], best known for his correspondence and close friendship with prominent Roman statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. Atticus was from a wealthy Roman family of the equestrian class (lower aristocratic non-ruling class) and from the Pomponia gens.
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Born | Titus Pomponius |
Other names | Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus Atticus |
Spouse | Pilia |
Children | Attica |
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A close friend since childhood, Cicero dedicated his treatise, Laelius de Amicitia (Latin for 'Laelius on Friendship'), to Atticus. Their correspondence, often written in subtle code to disguise their political observations, is preserved in Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) compiled by Tiro, Cicero's slave (later his freedman) and personal secretary.