[3] Trebatius enjoyed Caesar's favor, making his fortune alongside him in Gaul, and supporting him in the Civil War.
[4] Later he also worked closely with Augustus, and was subsequently described in the Institutes of Justinian as being of the greatest authority for Augustan law.
[5] A good-humoured man - Cicero wrote of sending him "badinage in your own style"[6] - Trebatius was featured by Horace as a learned adviser in his Satires.
[8] A pupil of Cornelius Maximus, Trebatius played a key part in the transfer of legal authority from the senate to individual jurisconsults under the Principate.
He was, however, frequently cited by later jurists, and also had a high reputation as the teacher of Marcus Antistius Labeo.