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Quintus Marcius Rex

Consul in 68 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 71 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law.

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

    L. Caecilius Metellus (cos. 68) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 71 BCE (Praetor) , 68 BCE (Consul)

    L. Afranius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 71 BCE (Praetor)

    Bellinus (Bellienus 1) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 68 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Licinius Macer (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 68 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Aufidius Orestes (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 71 BCE (Consul)

  2. 68 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: L. Caecilius Metellus (cos. 68)

    Broughton: Metellus died early in the year (a). Cilicia was withdrawn from the command of Lucullus and assigned to Marcius (b; see 67, Promagistrates).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.905, 956; Dio 36.4.1; Chr. 354 (Metello et Vatia); Fast. Hyd. (Marcio Rege et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Marcius, CIL 12.2.747, and perhaps 660 (but see 118, Consuls). See Degrassi 131, 488f.
      • (a) Dio 36.4.1
      • (b) Dio 36.2.2; cf. Suet. Iul. 8
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Caecilius Metellus (cos. 68) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 71 BCE (Praetor) , 68 BCE (Consul)

    L. Afranius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 71 BCE (Praetor)

    Bellinus (Bellienus 1) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 68 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Licinius Macer (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 68 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Aufidius Orestes (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 71 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

No family relations recorded.