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'''Gaius Rabirius Postumus''', defended by Cicero ([[54 BC]]) in the extant speech ''[[Pro Rabirio Postumo]]'', when charged with extortion in [[Egypt]] and complicity with [[Aulus Gabinius]]. Rabirius was a member of the [[equites]] order who lent a very large sum of money to Ptolemy Auletes ([[Ptolemy XII]]), king of [[Egypt]]. Afterward, Ptolemy XII refused to repay the money and had Rabirius imprisoned. When Auletes threatened Rabirius' life, the latter escaped to Rome, where he was accused by the [[Senate of Rome]]. He was defended by [[Cicero]] and acquitted.
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'''Gaius Rabirius Postumus''' was a [[Roman banking|Roman banker]]. He is notable for having been defended by [[Cicero]] (54 BC) in the extant speech ''Pro Rabirio Postumo'', when charged with extortion in [[Egypt]] and complicity with [[Aulus Gabinius]]. Rabirius was a member of the [[equites]] order who lent a very large sum of money to [[Ptolemy XII Auletes]], king of [[Egypt]]. Afterwards, Auletes, in lieu of repaying the money, appointed Rabirius as his finance minister ([[dioiketes]]) and gave him license to recoup his debts by collecting taxes from the Egyptian subjects. After one year, the Alexandrian people, exasperated by Rabirius' exactions, rioted, and Auletes had Rabirius imprisoned. The latter escaped to Rome, where he was accused by the [[Senate of Rome]]. He was defended by [[Cicero]] and acquitted on a technicality.


==See also==
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* [[Gaius Rabirius (senator)]]
[[Category:Orations of Cicero]]
* [[Rabiria gens]]
[[Category:Ancient Roman equites]]
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==References==
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*Marcus Tullius Cicero ''Cicero's Speech Pro Rabirio Postumo.'' Oxford University Press, 2001


== External links ==
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* [[Cicero]], [http://attalus.org/cicero/rab_post.html ''Pro C. Rabirio Postumo'', English translation] at ''attalus.org''

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Gaius Rabirius Postumus was a Roman banker. He is notable for having been defended by Cicero (54 BC) in the extant speech Pro Rabirio Postumo, when charged with extortion in Egypt and complicity with Aulus Gabinius. Rabirius was a member of the equites order who lent a very large sum of money to Ptolemy XII Auletes, king of Egypt. Afterwards, Auletes, in lieu of repaying the money, appointed Rabirius as his finance minister (dioiketes) and gave him license to recoup his debts by collecting taxes from the Egyptian subjects. After one year, the Alexandrian people, exasperated by Rabirius' exactions, rioted, and Auletes had Rabirius imprisoned. The latter escaped to Rome, where he was accused by the Senate of Rome. He was defended by Cicero and acquitted on a technicality.

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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Cicero's Speech Pro Rabirio Postumo. Oxford University Press, 2001
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