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Lucius Cornelius Merula

Consul in 87 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 90 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest date under the Leges Annales.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Gn. Octavius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

    L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Cassius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Postumius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 87 BCE
    Consul ·suffect · Co-consuls: L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87), Gn. Octavius

    Broughton: Flamen Dialis, who was elected colleague of Octavius (see above). He abdicated his office when the Marians won, and when placed on trial abdicated his priesthood and committed suicide (a). See Flamen Dialis.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 129, 482f.; Diod. 38.3; Val. Max. 9.12.5; Vell. 2.20.3, and 22.2; Tac. Ann. 3.58; Plut. Mar. 41.1; 45.2; App. BC 1.65-66; 70; 74; Flor. 2.9.16; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.11 a; 54.36. 1; Augustin. CD 3.27
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Gn. Octavius (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

    L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Cassius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Postumius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 90 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.