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MILO, TITUS ANNIUS

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MILO, See also:TITUS ANNIUS , See also:Roman See also:political agitator, was the son of C. Papius See also:Celsus, but was adopted by his See also:mother's See also:father, T. Annius Luscus. He joined the Pompeian party, and organized bands of mercenaries and See also:gladiators to support the cause by public violence in opposition to P. See also:Clodius, who gave similar support to the democratic cause. Milo was See also:tribune of the See also:plebs in 57 B.C. He took a prominent See also:part in bringing about the recall of See also:Cicero from See also:exile, in spite of the opposition of Clodius. In 53, when Milo was See also:candidate for the consulship and Clodius for the praetorship, the two leaders met by See also:accident on the See also:Appian Way at See also:Bovillae and Clodius was murdered (See also:January 52). Milo was impeached; his See also:guilt was clear, and his enemies took every means of intimidating his supporters and his See also:judges. Cicero was afraid to speak, and the extant See also:Pro Milone is an See also:expanded See also:form of the unspoken See also:defence: Milo went into exile at Massilia, and his See also:property was sold by See also:auction. He joined M. Caelius See also:Rufus in 48 in his rising against See also:Caesar, but was slain near See also:Thurii in Lucania.

His wife was Fausta, daughter of the See also:

dictator See also:Sulla.

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