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, the father of Virginia, made tribune of the people. See: Virginia .――A tribune of the people who accused Quinctius Cæso the son of Cincinnatus. He increased the number of the tribunes to 10, and distinguished himself by his seditions against the patricians.――Another tribune in the age of Camillus, fined for his opposition to a law which proposed going to Veii.――An augur who died of the plague.――Caius, a pretor of Sicily, who opposed the entrance of Cicero into his province, though under many obligations to the orator. Some read Virgilius.――A tribune who encouraged Cinna to criminate Sylla.――One of the generals of Nero in Germany. He made war against Vindex and conquered him. He was treated with great coldne by Galba, whose interest he had supported with so much succe . He refused all dangerous stations, and though twice offered the imperial purple, he rejected it with disdain. Plutarch. ――A Roman orator and rhetorician.