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Quintus Caedicius Noctua

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

Family

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

Career

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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]

References

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  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