Gaius Scribonius Curio (c. 124 – 53 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier and a famous orator.
Curio was noted as a public orator and for the purity of his Latin language.
During the First Mithridatic War he besieged the Athenian tyrant Aristion, who had taken position on the Acropolis, during the Siege of Athens.
He successfully fought the Dardani and the Moesians, for which the Senate granted him a triumph.
Curio spoke in favor of Publius Clodius Pulcher when he was on trial for violating the rites of Bona Dea,[6] while Cicero spoke out against Clodius and Curio, though this did not interfere with their friendship.