Curiatii

, a family of Alba, which was carried to Rome by Tullus Hostilius, and entered among the patricians. The three Curiatii, who engaged the Horatii, and lost the victory, were of this family. Florus , bk. 1 , ch. 3 .— Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 5 .— Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 24 . ♦ Caius Curio , an excellent orator, who called Cæsar in full senate, Omnium mulierum virum et omnium virorum mulierem . Tacitus , Annals , bk. 21 , ch. 7 .— Suet on i us , Cæsar , ch. 49 .— Cicero , Brutus .――His son Caius Scribonius, was tribune of the people, and an intimate friend of Cæsar. He saved Cæsar’s life as he returned from the senate house, after the debates concerning the punishments which ought to be inflicted on the adherents of Cat i line. He killed himself in Africa. Florus , bk. 4 , ch. 2 .— Plutarch , Pompey & Cæsar , ch. 49 .— Valerius Maximus , bk. 9 , ch. 1 .— Lucan , bk. 4 , li. 268 . ♦ ‘Q.’ replaced with ‘Caius’