Oppianicus, Statius. Roman knight from Larinum. He tried to have his stepson A. Cluentius Habitus poisoned and was therefore accused by him of murder in 74 BC, convicted, and died in exile in 72. Cicero defended Cluentius against the counterclaim of the stepmother in 66 that Cluentius had tried to poison A. and accused the latter of the murder of other family members, falsification of the will, bribing of judges, and other crimes (Cic. Clu. passim).
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C.J. Classen, Recht, Rhet., Politik, 1985, 15-119
Nicolet 2, 755-756.