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Marcus Terentius Varro

Polymath and scholar who fought in civil wars against Caesar

🏛️ Career

  1. 85 BCE
    (aged 31)
    Quaestor

    Broughton: Varro, Sat. Men. 478B (212, 8, Riese), inde caballum reduxi ad censorem. According to Cichorius (RS 219f.), he thus changed from the equestrian order to the senatorial in this censorship. As he attained the age of 30 in 86 he probably made the change as Quaestor Designatus for 85.

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

    C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Octavius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 79 BCE (Praetor) , 76 BCE (Consul)

    M. Iunius Iuncus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Scribonius Curio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 76 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Aufidius Orestes (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 79 BCE (Aedile)

  2. 79 BCE
    (aged 37)
    Aedile ·curule

    Broughton: Pliny attests a date 20 years after the aedileship of C. Claudius Pulcher (99 B.C.), Granius Lieinianus the fact that they were Curule Aediles.

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

    C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Octavius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 79 BCE (Praetor) , 76 BCE (Consul)

    M. Iunius Iuncus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Scribonius Curio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 76 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Aufidius Orestes (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 79 BCE (Aedile)

  3. 76 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Praetor ·peregrinus

    Broughton: Presided over the trial of C. Antonius Hibrida for extortion (a), and issued an edict regarding crimes by armed bands of slaves (b).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Tog. Cand., and Ascon. 84C; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8; Plut. Caes. 4.1, with praenomen Publius; on Antonius, see 84, Prefeets
      • (b) Cic. Tull. 5-12
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Octavius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 79 BCE (Praetor) , 76 BCE (Consul)

    M. Iunius Iuncus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.750, final 0.750): 76 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Scribonius Curio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 76 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Aufidius Orestes (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 79 BCE (Aedile)

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.