Gaius Antonius Hibrida
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Tribune of the Plebs
Broughton: This list of at least nine, and perhaps all ten, of the Tribunes of this year is secured by combining the three names preserved in the prescript of the Lex Antonia with the names preserved in CIL 12.2.744, where all or part of all ten names appears. They are all names of Tribunes (see commentary in CIL), except perhaps the fragmentary name of a Curator Viarum, which comes last in the list above. Caesar, probably before his aedileship (Plut. Caes. 5.5), and Minucius Thermus, when a candidate for the consulship undertook curatorships, Caesar of the Appian, and Minucius of the Flaminian, way (Cic. Att. 1.1.2). Volcatius therefore, if his name is correctly restored, could possibly be the Consul of 66. Mommsen however has shown that the Tribunes were concerned with public works in the city (Ges. Schr. 3.27 ff., and comm. on CIL 12.2.744), and interprets no. 751 on the builder of the Pens Fabricius to mean that Fabricius as Curator Viarum was at the same time one of the Tribunes (62 B. C.). The date of this college of Tribunes remains not altogether certain. It is of necessity later than the date mentioned in the Lex Antonia (Apr. 1, 72), and cannot be placed in 69 (see 69, Tribunes), or in the years of the tribunates of Plautius (see 70), or of Lollius Palicanus (see 71). Mommsen's suggestion of 72 would be possible if Tribunes at that time had the right to propose legislation, but Mommsen's chief evidence that they had this right, contrary to what both Cicero (Leg. 3.2.2) and Caesar (BC 1.7.3) imply, seems to be this very law (Str. 2.312, note 1, and 3.158). The law therefore is probably subsequent to the restoration of the powers of the tribunate. By elimination 68 appears to be the most probable year. The date in 72 chosen as a point of reference in the law for the regulation of arrangements with Termessus must be based on a situation in Asia or in Termessus itself during the Third Mithridatic War. Note also that a date in 68 probably reveals a stage in the career of Antonius after his expulsion from the Senate in 70. On the Lex Antonia, see Magic, Roman Rule in Asia Minor, 1.295; 2.1176f., note 34 (MRR2)
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Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.744; Plut. Caes. 5.5; Cic. Att. 1.1.2; Ges. Schr. 3.27 ff., and comm. on CIL 12.2.744; Apr. 1, 72; Cic. Leg. 3.2.2; Caesar (BC 1.7.3);
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
M. Tullius Cicero (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 66 BCE (Praetor) , 63 BCE (Consul)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)
C. Aquilius Gallus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
C. Orchivius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
L. Cassius Longinus (pr. 66) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
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Broughton, MRR2
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Praetor ·urban
Broughton: EIected along with Cicero, whose support raised him from last place to third. His games indicate that he was probably Pr. Urbanus.
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Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
M. Tullius Cicero (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 66 BCE (Praetor) , 63 BCE (Consul)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)
C. Aquilius Gallus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
C. Orchivius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
L. Cassius Longinus (pr. 66) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
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Broughton: The candidacy and election of Antonius are referred to in (a). He was allotted Cisalpine Gaul, but received Macedonia when Cicero refused to go (b). He was suspected of involvement in the conspiracy of Catiline (c), but in late October received the command against him in Etruria (d). He joined in carrying a severe law against bribery (e). Full references to the actions of Cicero in his consulship are in (f).
MT: Hibrida’s consulship (with Cicero) is confirmed by inscriptions, fasti, and many literary sources. He got Macedonia as his province, was suspected in Catiline’s conspiracy but then commanded against him, and helped pass a strong anti-bribery law.
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Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.750, 907-909; Cic. Cael. 74; Sall. Cat. 24.1; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170, and see also 131, 490f.; Strabo 10.2.13, 455c; Plin. NH 8.213; Joseph. Ai 14.66; Suet. Aug. 5; Flor. 2.12.5; Die 37, Index, and 10.4; Obseq. 61; Eutrop. 6.15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Paw.; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 80 Stangl.
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.1.1.; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8-9; Ascon., on Cic. Tog. Cand., passim, esp. 37, 93-94 C; Plut. Cic. 11
- (b) Cic. Pis. 5; Fam. 5.5, and cf. Sall. Cat. 26.4; Plut. Cic. 12.4; Dio 37.33.4
- (c) Cic. Sest. 8 and 12, cf. Cat. 3.14; Plut. Cic. 12.1-3; Dio 37.30.3, and 39.3; Schol. Bob. 126 Stangl
- (d) Sall. Cat. 36.3; and on the date, Gic. Mur. 84
- (e) Cic. Mur. 3 and 47 and 67 Sest. 133; Vat. 37; Planc. 83; Dio 37.29.1; Schol. Bob. 79, 140, 166 Stangl
- (f) D.-G. 5.449ff.; and the article by Gelzer in RE 7A.865ff
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
M. Tullius Cicero (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 66 BCE (Praetor) , 63 BCE (Consul)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)
C. Aquilius Gallus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
C. Orchivius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
L. Cassius Longinus (pr. 66) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 66 BCE (Praetor)
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Broughton, MRR2
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