Lucceia (gens)

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• Lucceius, a Roman general during the Social War. Together with the praetor Gaius Cosconius, he defeated the Samnites in 89 BC.
• Quintus Lucceius, an inhabitant of Rhegium, was one of the witnesses against Verres.
• Lucceius, M. f., a correspondent of Cicero, who must be distinguished from Lucius Lucceius, the historian. He was an ardent supporter of the optimates.
• Lucius Lucceius Q. f., the historian, was a friend and neighbor of Cicero. Asconius describes him as a well-spoken orator, who accused Catiline following his unsuccessful attempt to gain the consulship in 63 BC. Three years later, Lucceius and Caesar campaigned together for the consulship, but the aristocratic party prevented Lucceius' election. During the Civil War, he was a close advisor to Pompeius, but he was pardoned by Caesar and returned to Rome, where he probably died in the later part of 45 BC.
• Gaius Lucceius C. f. Hirrius, tribune of the plebs in 53 BC, rashly proposed that Pompeius be appointed dictator. He was defeated by Cicero for the augurship in 52, and by Marcus Caelius for aedile in 51, but Cicero afterward attempted a reconciliation. He was an officer of Pompeius during the Civil War, but was deserted by his troops, and imprisoned by the Parthian king Orodes. He was pardoned by Caesar after the Battle of Pharsalus.
• Gnaeus Lucceius, a friend of Decimus Junius Brutus, mentioned by Cicero in 44 BC.
• Publius Lucceius, a friend of Cicero, who recommended him to Quintus Cornificius in 43 BC.
• Lucceius or Luceius Albinus, procurator of Judea from AD 62 to 64, and governor of Mauretania from 64 to 69. A supporter of Marcus Salvius Otho, one of the rival claimants of the empire in the Year of the Four Emperors, Lucceius and his wife were assassinated soon after Otho's downfall.

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