Background
He was the son of a Marcus or Quintus Pedius and nephew or great nephew of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar through one of his sisters.
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He was the son of a Marcus or Quintus Pedius and nephew or great nephew of the Roman dictator Julius Caesar through one of his sisters.
Pedius in 57 British Columbia served as a general during Caesar"s conquest of Gaul. In 55 British Columbia, he lost an election for the office of aedile. During the Roman Civil War between Caesar and Pompey in 49 British Columbia, Pedius allied himself with Caesar.
In 48 British Columbia, Pedius was promoted to the praetorship in Rome.
In that same year, he commanded a legion and successfully quelled an anti-Caesarean uprising at Compsa, resulting in the deaths of both Marcus Caelius Rufus and Titus Annius Milo, who had been leading the ill-fated revolt. In early 45 British Columbia, Pedius served as a legatus against Sextus Pompeius in Spain.
Pedius claimed victory against Sextus Pompeius and returned to Rome with Caesar. Caesar honored him with a triumph and the title of proconsul.
Caesar was assassinated in Rome in March of 44 British Columbia. In Caesar’s will, Pedius was named as one of his heirs.
In August 43 British Columbia, Octavian with Pedius were elected as consuls after marching on Rome with an army. During the consulship, Pedius created a law called the Lex Pedia or ‘Pedian Law’, which punished all the murderers of Caesar or those who called for Caesar’s death. The Senate approved of his law.
Not long afterwards, the Second Triumvirate was formed at Bononia.
When news reached Rome of the new political pact between Octavian, Antony and Lepidus and of the lists of people whom they would put to death, Pedius became very concerned. Pedius was unable to stop the events from occurring and recommended only seventeen people to be put to death.
Out of concern, he pledged to protect the citizens of Rome. Soon afterwards, Pedius had suffered so much political fatigue he died.
Pedius and Valeria had at least one child, a son named Quintus Pedius Publicola.
Publicola became a Roman Senator, who distinguished himself with his oratory. Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia mentions that Quintus Pedius had a grandson, also named Quintus Pedius, who was deaf and is notable as being the earliest example of a deaf individual named in written history.