distinguishes him from the Marcus Laetorius who accompanied Gaius Marius into exile in 88 BC, but the names Laetorius and Plaetorius often create textual difficulties. Lucius Plaetorius L. f. (Cestianus?), quaestor circa 74–72 BC, or possibly as late as 66, when Cicero refers to him as a senator. Crawford dates his coinage to 74. Marcus Plaetorius Cestianus, praetor circa 64 BC, and subsequently governor of Macedonia. He is probably the same Marcus Plaetorius who served under Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther in Cilicia in 55. Gaius Plaetorius, quaestor under Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus in Pontus in 48 BC. Plaetorius Rustianus, a senator in 46 BC, was a leader among Pompeius' forces in Africa. He died at Hippo. Lucius Plaetorius L. f. Cestianus, quaestor or proquaestor under Brutus in 42. Plaetorius Nepos, a senator, was a friend of Hadrian, and one of those whom the emperor considered appointing to succeed him. Footnotes See also List of Roman gentes References Bibliography Titus Maccius Plautus, Epidicus, Pseudolus, Rudens. Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum, De Officiis, Pro Cluentio, Pro Fonteio. Aulus Hirtius (attributed), De Bello Alexandrino (On the Alexandrine War), De Bello Africo (On the African War). Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina (On the Latin Language). Titus Livius (Livy), History of Rome. Valerius Maximus, Factorum ac Dictorum Memorabilium (Memorable Facts and Sayings). Lucius Annaeus Florus, Epitome de T. Livio Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCC (Epitome of Livy: All the Wars of Seven Hundred Years). Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Attic Nights). Censorinus, De Die Natali. Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Flavius Vopiscus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, and Vulcatius Gallicanus, Historia Augusta (Augustan History). Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos (History Against the Pagans). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849). August Pauly, Georg Wissowa, et alii, Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft (Scientific Encyclopedia of the Knowledge of Classical Antiquities, abbreviated RE or PW), J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart (1894–1980). George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII (1897). Eugene S. McCartney, "Casting Puns on Ancient Monuments", in American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 23 (1919). J. J. E. Hondius, A. G. Woodhead, et alii, Supplemtentum Epigraphicum Graecum (abbreviated SEG), J. C. Glieben, Amsterdam, E. J. Brill, Leiden (1923–present). T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association (1952–1986). T.P. Wiseman, New Men in the Roman Senate, 139 B.C.–A.D. 14,