person
Arruntius
A notorious Roman legacy-hunter (captator) who 'professed the art of catching wills'; paired with Haterius as a type of the death-wishing flatterer.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §6.38.4 Arruntius
A Roman legacy-hunter (captator); with Haterius, a type of those who pray for the deaths of the friends they court.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §19.114.17 Arruntius
L. Arruntius (cos. 22 BC), author of a history of the Punic War and an extreme imitator of Sallust's mannerisms.