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Aulus Cremutius Cordus
Cremutius Cordus
also: Cremutius Cordus, Cordus, A. Cremuti Cordi
Roman historian and father of Marcia, prosecuted under Tiberius for praising Brutus and Cassius. He starved himself to death (AD 25); his burned books were later restored, partly through Marcia.
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- Consolation to Marcia §1 Aulus Cremutius Cordus
Marcia's father, a Roman historian prosecuted under Tiberius for praising Brutus and Cassius; he starved himself to death in AD 25, and his burned books were later restored partly through Marcia.