Rufus, Q. Numerius
tribune of the plebs B. C. 57, opposed Cicero's return from banishment, and is said to have been bought by the enemies of the orator. Cicero says that Numerius was in ridicule called Gracchus, and that in one of the tumults of that year he was very nearly put to death by his own party, that they might bring the odium of the deed upon the friends of Cicero. (Cic. pro Sest. 33, 38; Ascon. in Pis. p. 11, ed. Orelli; Schol. Bob. pro Sext. p. 303, ed. Orelli.)
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