Lucius Caesetius Flavus

Lucius Caesetius flavus was in the middle of the 1st century BC, living politician of the late Roman Republic. As tribune of the year 44 BC, he lay down with the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar.

Life

Lucius Caesetius flavus came from the Roman plebeian family of Caesetier. His father belonged to the prior of the knights and had two more sons.

In his tribune 44 BC Caesetius away with his colleague Gaius Epidius Marullus an erected on the rostra statue of Caesar that this patch tiara. Such crowning of the statue with a sovereignty symbol would be a statement Caesars tantamount to Rex. In addition, let the two tribunes of the people those people who had made ​​the crowning, as well as those who had Caesar hailed as king, lock. These measures were widely supported the Roman people. But Caesar led before the senators complaint about the tribunes of the people and let their comrades Office Gaius Cinna Helvius apply for a plebiscite, were dismissed by the Caesetius and Epidius their office and expelled from the Senate. The deposed tribunes then traveled from Rome. Caesetius ' father declined persistently from the requirement of the dictator, to disinherit his fallen out of favor in the latter 's son. After Caesar had been killed on the Ides of March 44 BC, assassinated, demanded the two parties played a major main conspirators Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus that Caesetius and Epidius would recalled. This request went through an application of the praetor Lucius Cornelius Cinna true. As a result Caesetius and Epidius were allowed to run again for public office, but do not exercise their tribune on. Your future life is unknown.