Pacatus

2 Pācātus, ī, m. , Drepanius Pacatus [professeur de Bordeaux, auteur dʼun panégyrique de Théodose] : Aus. Sept. 5.

Paca'tus, Clau'dius

although a centurion, was restored to his master by Domitian, when he was proved to be his slave. (D. C. 67.13.)

Paca'tus, Drepa'nius

[Drepanius.]

Paca'tus, Minu'cius

[Irenaeus, No. 3.]

Pacātus, Latīnus Drepanius

A Roman rhetorician of Burdigala (Bordeaux), a younger contemporary and friend of the poet Ausonius. We possess from his pen a panegyric on the emperor Theodosius the Great, delivered before the Senate at Rome in B.C. 389. It is distinguished beyond the other speeches of this class by a certain vigour of thought resembling Tacitus, and is also of value as an historical authority. It is edited, with notes, by Arntzen (Amsterdam, 1753), and by Bährens (Leipzig, 1874).