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Lucius Roscius Otho

Name: Horace Entire
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Author: Quintus Horatius Flaccus

Otho

also: Othone

Tribune of 67 BC whose law (the lex Roscia) reserved the first fourteen rows of the theater for the knights.

Reading notes

The Epodes §4 Otho's law
The lex Roscia of L. Roscius Otho (67 BC) reserved the front fourteen theater rows for knights; the upstart usurps a seat there.

The Epodes poem · 1 mention