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Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus
Praetor in 82 BCE
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Praetor
Broughton: At the bidding of the Consul Marius, he executed Mucius Scaevola the Pontifex Maximus, Carbo Arvina, L. Domitius, P. Antistius, and other opposing leaders (a). He joined Papirius Carbo in Etruria, aided attempts to relieve Marius in Praeneste, and was killed at Sulla's command after the battle at the Colline Gate (b).
Sources (3)
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Broughton, MRR2
- Liv. Per. 86; Vell. 2.26.2; Val. Max. 9.2.3; App. BC 1.88; Oros. 5.20.4.
- (a) Cic. Fam. 9.21.2; Rosc. Amer. 90; Sall. Cat. 51.32 and 34; Hist. 1.77.7M; Liv. Per. 86; Vell. 2.26.2; Val. Max. 9.2.3; Plut. Pomp. 9.2-3; App. BC 1.88; Oros. 5.20.4; on Scaevola, see Pontifices
- (b) Sall. Cat. 51; App. BC 1.92, cf. 95; Dio 30-35, fr. 109.4
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Broughton, MRR2
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