Publius Sextilius

When he heard this, Marius was rendered speechless by grief and indignation, and for a long time kept quiet, looking sternly at the official.

[4] At one time, numismatic evidence was interpreted as referring to Sextilius as praetor and propraetor, but the coin has since been determined to belong to the Augustan period.

He had allowed some of Marius's allies to join up with Hiempsal II, king of Numidia, who at that time was attempting to gain the confidence of the Marians while acting on behalf of Sulla.

The difficulty of Sextilius's position is indicated by the consequences of his action: since no further public office for him is known, he evidently pleased neither side in the conflict.

[6] Cicero writes[7] of a P. Sextilius Rufus[8] who claimed he was bound by his oath of office to follow the Lex Voconia in depriving a young woman of her inheritance.