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'''Titus Albucius''' ([[praetor]] c. 105 BC) was a noted [[orator]] of the late [[Roman Republic]].

== Education ==
He finished his studies at [[Athens]] at the latter end of the 2nd century BC, and belonged to the [[Epicurean]] sect. He was well acquainted with Greek literature, or rather, says [[Cicero]], was almost a Greek.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Cicero] |first=Cicero [Marcus Tullius |title=Letter 161 (Brut. II 5) Rome, April 43: Cicero to Brutus |date=2008-07-10 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oseo/instance.00171057 |work=Oxford World's Classics: Cicero: Selected Letters |pages=262–264 |access-date=2023-11-15 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> On account of his affecting on every occasion the Greek language and philosophy, he was satirized by [[Gaius Lucilius|Lucilius]], whose lines upon him are preserved by Cicero,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Calheiros de Lima |first=Sidney |date=2020-07-02 |title=Tradução de Cícero, Fin. I, 65-70; II, 78-85 - A disputatio de amicitia no De finibus |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2020.v8.27923 |journal=Rónai – Revista de Estudos Clássicos e Tradutórios |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=71–87 |doi=10.34019/2318-3446.2020.v8.27923 |issn=2318-3446|doi-access=free }}</ref> and Cicero himself speaks of him as a light-minded man. He accused, though unsuccessfully, [[Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur|Mucius Scaevola]], the augur, of maladministration (''repetundae'') in his province.<ref>{{Citation |last=Cicero] |first=Cicero [Marcus Tullius |title=Letter 161 (Brut. II 5) Rome, April 43: Cicero to Brutus |date=2008-07-10 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oseo/instance.00171057 |work=Oxford World's Classics: Cicero: Selected Letters |pages=262–264 |access-date=2023-11-15 |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 105 BC, Albucius was praetor in [[Sardinia]], and in consequence of some insignificant success which he had gained over some robbers, he celebrated a [[Roman triumph|triumph]] in the province. On his return to [[Rome]], he applied to the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] for the honour of a [[supplicatio]], but this was refused, and he was accused in 103 BC of ''repetundae'' by [[Gaius Julius Caesar (proconsul of Asia, 90s BC)|Gaius Julius Caesar (the elder)]], and condemned. [[Pompeius Strabo]] had offered himself as the accuser, but he was not allowed to conduct the prosecution, because he had been the [[quaestor]] of Albucius.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nascimento |first=W.M. |last2=Cicero |first2=S.M. |date=1991-06-30 |title=Qualidade de sementes de ervilha tratadas com fungicida. II: qualidade fisiológica |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.17801/0101-3122/rbs.v13n1p13-19 |journal=Revista Brasileira de Sementes |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=13–19 |doi=10.17801/0101-3122/rbs.v13n1p13-19 |issn=0101-3122|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref> After his condemnation, he went into exile at Athens and pursued the study of philosophy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kelly |first=Gordon P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xVcg88VRu28C&dq=%22Albucius+was+accused+de+repetundis%22&pg=PA175 |title=A History of Exile in the Roman Republic |date=2006-07-24 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-32077-2 |language=en}}</ref> He left behind him some orations, which had been read by Cicero.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Albucia (gens)]]
* [[Gaius Lucilius|Lucilius]]
* [[Cicero]]

==References==
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