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.
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.
There was a rumor that Curio Junior and Mark Anthony had an affair when they were young.