Quintus Pedius
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Quintus Pedius was a great-nephew to Roman Dictator Julius Caesar. He was the namesake of his father, and his mother Atia Balba Prima was Caesar’s niece.
Pedius was aedile in 54 BC, but during Caesar’s conquest for Gaul, he served as one of his Generals. In the Roman Civil War, Pedius served under Caesar, who claimed victory in 45 BC. In Caesar’s will, along with his cousins Gaius Octavius and Lucius Pinarius, he received one eighth of certain legacies. Octavius and he were consuls in 43 BC, during which he promulgated the Pedian Law calling for the death of all Caesar's assasins, including Servius Sulpicius Galba (Suetonius, Life of Galba, 3.2) and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (though the latter escaped death - Suetonius, Life of Nero, 3.1). Pedius died following the end of his consulship.
His son of the same name was a deaf artist.[1]
