Quintus Caedicius Noctua Explained

Quintus Caedicius Noctua was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

Family

He was a member of the gens Caedicia. His son was Quintus Caedicius, consul in 256 BC.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Caedicius was consul in 289 BC together with Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus.^[3]

In 283 BC, he served as censor, but retired soon after in unknown circumstances, possibly because of the death of his colleague.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, IX, 28.
2. Appian, History of Rome: The Gallic Wars, 5
3. Hans George Gundel, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Ch.2 p.900
4. Titus Livius, II, 52