Damasippus
- Praetor 672 A. U. C., a follower of Marius, who acted with great cruelty towards the adherents of Sylla; afterwards put to death by order of Sylla, Sall. C. 51, 32; Vell. 2, 26, 2; Cic. Fam. 9, 21, 3.—
- II A surname in the gens Licinia, Caes. B. C. 2, 44; Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2 sq.; id. Att. 12, 29 fin.; 33, 1 al.—
- III Name of a bankrupt merchant and ridiculous Stoic philosopher, Hor. S. 2, 3, 16 sqq.—
- IV Name of an actor, Juv. 8, 147.
(Δαμάσιππος), a Macedonian, who after having assassinated the members of the synedrium of Phacus, a Macedonian town, fled with his wife and children from his country. When Ptolemy Phvscon came to Greece and raised an army of mercenaries, Damasippus also engaged in his service, and accompanied him to Crete and Libya. (Plb. 31.25.) [L.S]
[Brutus, No. 19.]
1. Licinius Damasippus, a Roman senator of the party of Pompey, who was with king Juba in B. C. 49. During Caesar's African war, in B. C. 47, we again meet him among the enemies of Caesar. Damasippus and some others of his party endeavoured with a few ships to reach the coast of Spain, but they were thrown back by a storm to Hippo, where the fleet of P. Sitius was stationed. The ships of the Pompeians were taken and sunk, and Damasippus perished with the rest. (Caes. de B. C. 2.44; Hirt. de Bell. Afr. 96.)
2. Licinius Damasippus, a contemporary of Cicero, who speaks (ad Fam. 7.23) of him as a lover of statues. In other passages, Cicero, in B. C. 45, speaks of his intention of buying a garden from Damasippus. (Ad Att. 12.29, 33.) He appears to have been a connoisseur and dealer in ancient statues, and to have purchased and laid out gardens for the purpose of selling them again. He is in all probability the same person as the Damasippus who is ridiculed by Horace. (Sat. 2.3. 16, 64.) It appears from Horace that he had become a bankrupt in his trade as a dealer in statues, in consequence of which he intended to put an end to himself; but he was prevented by the Stoic Stertinius, and then turned Stoic himself, or at least affected to be one by his long beard. The Damasippus mentioned by Juvenal (Sat. 8.147, 151, 167) is undoubtedly a fictitious name, under which the satirist ridiculed some noble lover of horses. [L.S]
Licinius. (1) A Roman praetor, B.C. 81, an adherent of Marius, and put to death by order of Sulla (Sall. Cat. 51, 32).
(2) A contemporary of Cicero, who mentions him as a lover of statues, and speaks of purchasing a garden from Damasippus. He is probably the same person as the Damasippus ridiculed by Horace (Sat. ii. 3, 16, 64). It appears from Horace that Damasippus had become bankrupt, in consequence of which he intended to put an end to himself; but he was prevented by the Stoic Stertinius, and then turned Stoic himself, or at least affected to be one.
- Apollod. 3.10.5