This list includes abbreviated
praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see
filiation.
Marcus Gratidius, the granduncle of
Cicero. In 115 BC he proposed a lex tabellaria[i] at
Arpinum, which was opposed by his brother-in-law, Marcus Tullius Cicero, grandfather of the orator. In 102, he accompanied his friend, the orator
Marcus Antonius,
praetor in
Cilicia, in his campaign against the pirates, and was slain in battle.[3][4][5]
Gratidia, a sister of Marcus Gratidius of Arpinum, married Marcus Tullius Cicero, grandfather of the orator.[6]
Marcus Gratidius M. f., son of Marcus Gratidius of Arpinum, was adopted by one of the
Marii, probably a brother of
Gaius Marius. As a speaker he was calm, capable, and popular, and was a good friend of his cousin, the young Cicero. Proscribed by
Sulla, he was brutally slain by
Catiline, who carried his head through the city.[11][12][13][14][15]
Gratidia M. f., possibly the sister of Gratidianus, who is thought by some scholars to have married Catiline, who would thus have been Gratidianus' brother-in-law. The historian Syme indicates that if this were so, "it can be taken that Catilina promptly discarded her."[16][17]
Marcus Gratidius, possibly a grandson of Marcus Gratidius, was
legate of
Quintus Tullius Cicero during his administration of
Asia, from 61 to 59 BC.[1]
Gratidius, mentioned by Cicero as one of the
tribunes of the plebs in BC 57, could perhaps be the same Marcus Gratidius who had previously served under Quintus Cicero, but is probably an error, instead referring to Quintus Fabricius.[18][1]
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos (History Against the Pagans).
Wilhelm Drumann, Geschichte Roms in seinem Übergang von der republikanischen zur monarchischen Verfassung, oder: Pompeius, Caesar, Cicero und ihre Zeitgenossen (History of Rome in its Transition from Republic to Empire, or Pompeius, Caesar, Cicero, and their Contemporaries), Königsberg (1834–1844).