Marcus Aurius was a nobleman of ancient Rome, of the Auria gens of Larinum.
He lived in the 1st century BCE, and was a fighter in the Social War, and was one of the notable characters in Cicero's speech Pro Cluentio.
[1] He was the son of the wealthy Dinaea, and brother to Numerius Aurius, Gnaeus Magius, and Magia.
[1] During this time it transpired that all of Marcus's siblings died, and it became known that Marcus was a captive of Sergius, and Dinaea, on discovering that she still had one surviving child pleaded for his release and urged her relations to bring every power they had to bear in securing his freedom.
[2][1] Meanwhile Statius Albius Oppianicus bribed the informant to lead the party astray and delay their arrival, and also paid a group of people to kidnap and murder Marcus, in order that his young son -- and by extension, himself -- might enjoy the full inheritance.