MORIUS Scævola (Q.), surnamed the Augur, was an excellent civilian, and instructed Cicero in the laws. He was made prætor in Asia; was afterwards consul, and performed very important services for the republic.
He ought not to be confounded with Quintus Mutius Scævola, another excellent civilian, who was prætor in Asia, tribune of the people, and at length consul, 95 B. C. He governed Asia with such prudence and equity, that his example was proposed to the governors who were sent into the provinces. Cicero says, "that he was the most eloquent orator of all the civilians, and the most able civilian of all the orators." He was assassinated in the temple of Vesta, during the wars of Marius and Sulla, 82 B. C.