MUTIUS 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.
Mutius
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Mycenæ.
tor in Asia, tribune of the people, and at length con-
ful, 95 B. C. He governed Asia with such prudence
and equity, that his example was proposed to the go-
vernors who were sent into the provinces. Cicero says,
"that he was the most eloquent orator of all the ci-
vilians, 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.