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Aulus Gabinius

Consul in 58 BCE

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  1. 67 BCE
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: Gabinius first carried a law to assign Bithynia and Pontus,(7) and part of the army of Lucullus (the Valerian legions were dismissed) to the Consul Glabrio (a; see above, Consuls). His major bill, the one on the war with the pirates, carried amid violent disorder (see below, on Trebellius), created for one commander, Pompey, an unlimited imperium like that of M. Antonius Creticus in 74, for at least three years, over the coasts of the Mediterranean and for 50 miles inland, equal to that of the respective governors in their provinces, with the right to appoint 15 (or 24) Legates with imperium pro praetore, raise a navy of 300 (or 500) ships, levy recruits as desired, and draw upon public funds (b). He broke the veto of his colleague Trebellius by proposing to depose him from office (see below), and overcame the opposition of the Consul Piso (c). Finally, a Gabinian law(8) forbidding loans to foreign envoys in Rome (d) may have been carried by Gabinius when the proposal of Cornelius failed (see above).

    Sources (6)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Leg. Man. 26; Sest. 93; Sall. Hist. 5.13 M, Lex Gabinia; Plut. Luc. 33.5; 35.3-6; App. Mith. 90; Dio 36.14.4, and 15.3, and 17.1; Eutrop. 6.9.3
      • (b) Cic. Leg. Man. 44 and 52-58; Corn. 1, fr. 30, and Ascon. 72 C; Leg. Agr. 2.46; P. Red. in Sen. 11; Phil. 11.18, with Schol. Bob. 98 Stangl; Sall. Hist. 5.21-24 M; Liv. Per. 99; Vell. 2.31-32; Val. Max. 8.15.9; Tac. Ann. 15.25; Plut. Pomp. 25-26; Luc. 37.4; App. Mith. 94; Dio 36.23-27; Zonar. 10.3
      • (c) Plut. pomp. 27.1; Dio 36.37.2
      • (d) Cic. Att. 5.21.12; 6.1.5, and 2.7
      • (7) Niccolini (FTP 254) considers this a general law stripping Lucullus of all his provinces, and places the praetorship of L. Quinctius in 67 (see 68, Praetors), but the evidence seems clear that Lucullus' provinces were taken from him separately, Asia in 69 (Dio 36.2.2), Cilicia in 68 before Caesar's return from Spain (Suet. Iul. 8) in time to support the law of Gabinius (Plut. Pomp. 25.3), and finally Bithynia and Pontus under a law of Gabinius (Sall. Hist. 5.13 M).
      • (8) Since the law is not mentioned before 56 it could possibly be a law of his consulship in 58, as Mommsen (Stralrecht 885) and Niccolini (FT.P 258) believe.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    Q. Voconius Naso (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 67 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 61 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: Gabinius served under Pompey in Syria and Palestine until 63 at least. This, the latest date permitted under the Cornelian law, is also the most probable date for his praetorship.

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

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    Q. Voconius Naso (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 67 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

  3. 58 BCE
    Consul ·Cilicia; Syria · Co-consul: L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58)

    Broughton: Despite Piso's initial compliments to Cicero (a), he and his colleague actively supported the Tribune Clodius (b). Under one of the laws of Clodius Piso received the province of Macedonia (c), while under another law Gabinius was assigned first Cilicia and then Syria (d). Piso also took action against the Egyptian cults in Rome (e), and removed an old sacellum (f) of Diana on the Caelian hill.

    Roussel and Launay (I. de Delos 4.1.1511) identify the Gabinius Capito in line 4 of CIL 12.2.2500 with the Consul, but the two Gabinii should be distinguished.

    Sources (7)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.756, 919, 920, 963, 2500, 2512; Caes. BG 1.6.4; Ascon. 8 and 46 C; Plut. Pomp. 48.3; Cat. Min. 33.4; App. BC 2.14; Die 38, Index, 9.1, and 13.2; Chr. 354 (Calsoniano et Cavonio); Fast. Hyd. (Pisone et Gabinio); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; and on Piso, CIL 12.1.2512; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; Plut. Caes. 14.4-5. See Degrassi 56f., 131, 492f.
      • (a) Cic. Pis. 11; P. Red. in Sen. 17; P. Red. ad Quir. 11; cf. Sest. 20; Schol. Bob. 108 Stangl
      • (b) Cic. Sest. 18 and 24-25 and 32-33 and 53-55 and 69-70; P. Red. in Sen. 10-18 and 31-32; P. Red. ad Quir. 13-14; Pis. 8 and 13-23 and 48 and 72 and 77; Dom. 55 and 62 and 66 and 70 and 124; Planc. 86-87; Ascon. 7 C, on Piso, and 9; Plut. Cic. 31; Dio 38.16; and on Gabinius, Cic. Fam. 11.16.2; 12.29.1; Plut. Pomp. 49.2; Dio 38.30.2; Schol. Bob. 127f. Stangl
      • (c) Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 21; Sest. 24-25 and 31 and 44 and 53-55 and 71; Pis. 28 and 37 and 56-57; Har. Resp. 58; Dom. 23-24 and 55 and 60 and 66 and 70 and 93; Prov. Cons. 2-8: Plut. Cic. 30.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; Schol. Bob. 168 Stangl
      • (d) Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 10 and 18 and 32; P. Red. ad Quir. 11 and 13 and 2 1; Dom. 23 and 55 and 60 and 70 and 124; Sest. 24-25 and 44 and 53-55 and 67-73; Prov. Cons. 3-9 and 17; Pis. 28 and 31 and 37 and 49 and 56-57; Rab. Post. 20; Plut. Cic. 30.1; App. Syr. 51; cf. Cic. Att. 3.22.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.4; and on the exchange of Cilicia for Syria, Cic. Sest. 55; Dom. 23 and 70
      • (e) Varro in Tertull. Apol. 6; Nat. 1.10; Arnob. 2.73
      • (f) Cic. Har. Resp. 32
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.167, final 1.167): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

    Q. Voconius Naso (2 years; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 67 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Octavius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

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