Gnaeus Octavius Titinius Capito (- 1st century, - 2nd century) was a Roman eques, officer, and civil servant active during the first and second century AD.

Life

A member of the Titinia gens, he served successfully in the army, later becoming secretary ab epistulis under the Emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. ^{[2] [3]} He ended his career of civil servant becoming Praefectus vigilum. ^[2] He was a friend of Pliny the Younger, ^[3] with whom he kept up a correspondence. ^[2] We are left with a letter addressed by him to Pliny, where he advised his friend to devote himself to history, and with the answer of Pliny. ^{[2] [4]} He also wrote about the deaths of famous men, ^[3] and was a supporter of literates. ^[2] Moreover, he honored republican heroes by keeping in his house statues of Cato Uticensis, Brutus, and Cassius ^{[2] [3]} bearing elogia written by himself. ^[5]

References

Sources

• Guy Edward Farquhar Chilver (2012). "Gnaeus Octavius Titinius Capito". The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN  9780199545568.
• "Elogium (1)". Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German). Vol. 5. Leipzig: Georg Wissowa. 1905. pp. 2440–2452.