Caeso Quinctius

Kaeso Quinctius was a son of the later Roman dictator Cincinnatus.

After the historical work of Titus Livius (III 11-13) was Kaeso a fierce opponent of the plebeians, and often drove the tribunes of the people from the forum. In 461 BC he was accused by one of the tribunes, the Aulus Verginius, for bad manners, but mocked the summons to his family struggled in the face of the approaching end process to be in good standing. However, the applicant Marcus Volusius aggravated the situation by saying Kaeso had killed the brother of Volusius in drunkenness. Then Kaeso was arrested and imprisoned. For a ten guarantors provided security deposit of 30,000 Assen, he was released and fled to Etruria. The famous poverty of his father, the future dictator, followed directly from the deposit.