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Titus Didius

Consul in 98 (first in his family); restored Villa Publica

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  1. 101 BCE
    Praetor ·Macedonia

    Broughton: The latest possible date under the Lex Villia. In this year or the next he defeated the Scordisci in Thrace, and returned by 99 at the latest to celebrate a triumph (a).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR1
      • (a) Cic. Pis. 61; Flor. 1.39.3-5; Ruf. Fest. Brev. 9; Amm. Marc. 27.4.10; Jerome, Chr. ad ann. 100, p. 149 Helm; cf. Lex Delphica de Piratis, SEG 3.378; Riccobono, Font. Iur. Rom. Anteiustin. 1.121 ff.
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 98) (): 101 BCE (Praetor) , 98 BCE (Consul)

  2. 98 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 98)

    Broughton: Didius received the province of Nearer Spain (Obseq. 47; see 97-93, Promagistrates). (MRR2); MT: They carried two laws (leges Caeciliae-Didiae) 1) requiring three market days to pass between the bill's announcement and its vote, and 2) disallowing the combining of two unrelated proposals in one bill

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.681; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 128, 478f.; Ascon. 63C; Obseq. 47; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Didius, Cic. Mur. 17. They carried a law to require three nundinae in the period from announcement of a bill to its passage (Cic. Dom. 41; Sest. 135, and Schol. Bob. 140 Stangl; Phil. 5.3; cf. Att. 2.9.1; Leg. 3.11 and 43; Festus 416L), and one to forbid the union of unrelated measures in a single bill (Cic. Dom. 53). Didius received the province of Nearer Spain (Obseq. 47; see 97-93, Promagistrates).
    Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 98) (): 101 BCE (Praetor) , 98 BCE (Consul)

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    Titus Didius (tr. pl. 143)