Quintus Lucretius Vespillo

Quintus Lucretius vespillo was a Roman politician and military in the 1st century BC

In the civil war between Gaius Julius Caesar and Pompey Lucretius was initially on the side of Pompey and was entrusted in 49 BC, with a fleet command. In 43 BC he was proscribed by the triumvirs. His wife Turia saved him by hiding him in a space between the ceiling of her bedroom and the house roof, without paying attention to the emerging danger for them. For this reason, it was assumed that her husband could be the author of the so-called eulogy Turiae, but is now considered to be inaccurate. He was later pardoned.

In 20 BC, Lucretius was sent at the Consulate elections as the Special Envoy of the Senate to the east of the Roman Empire was staying Augustus caused by unrest in Rome, who appointed him consul for the year 19 BC.