Tullus
Frieze-Dennison Vergil
- a Roman praenomen, e.g. Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, Liv. 1, 22 sqq.; Val. Max. 3, 4, 1; 9, 12, 1: Tullus Cluilius, a Roman ambassador, Cic. Phil. 9, 2, 5 al.
[Tullius, Attius.]
1. consul with A. Cornelius Palma in A. D. 109 (Fasti).
2. consul suffectus in A. D. 110.
or Clui'lius. [Cloelius Tullus.]
[Hostilius.]
a triumvir of the mint under Augustus, known only from coins, a specimen of which is annexed. On the obverse is the head of Augustus with CAESAR AVGVST. PONT. MAX. TRIBVNIC. POT., and on the reverse M. MAECILIVS TVLLVS IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F. (Eckhel, vol. v. p. 240.)
1. L. Volcatius Tullus, consul B. C. 66 with M'. Aemilius Lepidus. He is mentioned by Cicero in his oration for Plancius (100.21) as one of those distinguished men who had failed when a candidate for the aedileship, but who afterwards obtained the highest honours of the state. Volcatius did not take a prominent part in public affairs, and appears to have been a man of moderate opinions, and fond of quiet. He approved of Cicero's proceedings in his consulship, and spoke in the debate in the senate on the punishment of the Catilinarian conspirators. In the discussion in B. C. 56, respecting the restoration of Ptolemy Auletes to his kingdom, he was in favour of intrusting this important commission to Pompey, who had lately returned from the East. In B. C. 54 he was one of the consulars who supported M. Scaurtts, when he was brought to trial in this year. On the breaking out of the civil war, in B. C. 49, he resolved to take no part in the struggle, but remained quietly in Italy all the time. He is spoken of by Cicero in B. C. 46 as an enemy of M. Marcellus, when the latter was pardoned by Caesar. (Cic. in Cat. 1.6, ad Att. 12.21, Philipp. 2.5, ad Fam. 1.1, 2, 4, ad Q. Fr. ii. 1; Ascon. in Scaur. p. 28, ed. Orelli; Cic. Att. 7.3, 8, 9, 8.15, 9.10, 19, 10.3, ad Fam. 4.4.4.)
2. C. Volcatius Tullus, probably a son of No. 1, since Cicero says that L. Tullus and Serv. Sulpicius had sent their sons to fight against Pompey. (Cic. Att. 10.3.) C. Tullus fought under Caesar in the Gallic war, and likewise distinguished himself at the siege of Dyrrhachium in B. C. 48. (Caes. Gal. 6.29, B. C. 3.52.)
3. L. Volcatius Tullus, son of No. 1, was praetor urbanus in B. C. 46, and consul with Octavian in B. C. 33. (Cic. Fam. 13.41; D. C. 49.43; Appian, App. Ill. 27.)
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…aut huius caeli spiritus esse iucundus, cum scias esse horum neminem qui nesciat te pridie Kalendas Ianuarias Lepido et Tullo consulibus stetisse in comitio cum telo, manum consulum et principum civitatis interficiendorum causa paravisse, sceleri ac furori tuo…
Cicero, in Catilinam
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…heroum infringere vires, illa etiam duris mentibus esse dolor illa neque Arabium metuit transcendere limen nec timet ostrino, Tulle, subire toro, et miserum toto iuvenem versare cubili quid relevant variis serica textilibus quae mihi dum placata aderit…
Propertius, Elegies
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…desine, Galle, quaerere non impune illa rogata venit. Non ego nunc Hadriae vereor mare noscere tecum, Tulle, neque Aegaeo ducere vela salo, cum quo Rhipaeos possim conscendere montis ulteriusque domos vadere Memnonias ; sed me…
Propertius, Elegies
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…invenerit ossa montibus Etruscis, haec sciat esse mea. Qualis et unde genus, qui sint mihi, Tulle, Penates, quaeris pro nostra semper amicitia. si Perusina tibi patriae sunt nota sepulcra, Italiae duris funera…
Propertius, Elegies
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…mihi iam toto furor hic non deficit anno, cum tamen adversos cogor habere deos. Milanion nullos fugiendo, Tulle, labores saevitiam durae contudit Iasidos. nam modo Partheniis amens errabat in antris, ibat et hirsutas ille videre…
Propertius, Elegies
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…contra rem publicam, in quibus Catilina fuit. De qua, quam verissume potero, dicam. L. Tullo et M. Lepido consulibus P. Autronius et P. Sulla designati consules legibus ambitus interrogati poenas dederant .…
Sallust, Catilina
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…tamen per vim factum esset, tamen in eo ipso loco qui tuus esset, non modo servos M. Tulli occidere iure non potuisti verum etiam, si tectum hoc insciente aut per vim demolitus esses quod hic in tuo…
Cicero, pro Tullio
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…Curtium in curia potero ferre age, finge me quamvis εὐστομάχως haec ferentem ; quid illa dic, M. Tulli quem habebunt exitum et omitto causam rei publicae quam ego amissam puto cum vulneribus suis tum medicamentis iis quae parantur…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…quae multos per annos progeniem eius honestaret, nunc ad tantae familiae memoriam sola restaret. atqui et huic et Tullo Cluvio et L. Roscio et Sp. Antio et C. Fulcinio qui a Veientium rege caesi sunt non…
Cicero, Philippicae
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…illa quae tum agentur cum venero, ne ratio absentis habeatur, ut exercitum dimittat. dic, M. Tulli. quid dicam exspecta, amabo te, dum Atticum conveniam non est locus ad tergiversandum. contra Caesarem ubi…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum