Quintus Pedius ( – late 43 BC) was a Roman politician and general who lived during the late Republic. He served as a military officer under Julius Caesar for most of his career. Serving with Caesar during the civil war, he was elected praetor in 48 BC and was given a triumph for victories over the Pompeians during the civil war's second Spanish campaign. After Caesar's death, he joined with Caesar's heir Octavian and, with him, assumed suffect consulships in 43 BC in place of the ordinary consuls who had fallen in battle. He promulgated the lex Pedia, which established courts in which Caesar's killers and allies thereof were convicted in absentia. He died shortly after the start of the Second Triumvirate's proscriptions. Early life He was the son his homonymous father and his wife, Julia. This Julia was one of the dictator Julius Caesar's sisters, making this Pedius one of Caesar's nephews. Pedius served under Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars starting in 57 BC. Broughton's Magistrates of the Roman Republic places his term in Gaul under Caesar from 58–56 BC. In 55 BC, he lost an election for the office of aedile. During Caesar's civil war, Pedius joined with Caesar. In 48 BC, Pedius assumed a praetorship. In that same year, he commanded a legion and who had been leading the ill-fated revolt. From 46 to 45 BC, Pedius served as a Caesarian legate in Spain. Pedius claimed victory against Sextus Pompey and returned to Rome with Caesar. He was then honoured with a triumph as pro consule ex Hispania; the honour was granted illegally, according to Dio, as he was merely one of Caesar's legates. Consulship After the ordinary consuls of that year, Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus and Aulus Hirtius, were both killed while fighting against Antony during the battle of Mutina, Octavian – the only surviving commander of senatorial forces – marched on the city at the head of his army to demand his elevation as consul. With Pedius as Octavian's colleague, on 19 August 43 BC, the two assumed office as suffect consuls after an irregularly convoked election. Lex Pedia Their first action was to confirm Octavian's adoption as Caesar's heir; then, at Octavian's suggestion, Pedius promulgated the lex Pedia, which established courts to prosecute Caesar's killers. This overruled a previous senatus consultum which protected the tyrannicides from prosecution. Consequently, Caesar's killers – along with