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Lucius Plotius Plancus

Praetor in 43 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 43 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: A Praetor Designate in 44, probably by appointment from Caesar (a). He acted as a link between his brother in Transalpine Gaul (see Promagistrates) and the government in Rome, and used his influence, while serving in command of his brother's cavalry, to keep him loyal (b). At the end of the year he was proscribed and put to death (c).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Cic. Att. 16.16A, B, and E, prescripts
      • (b) Cic. Fam. 10.17.2, and 21a, and 22.1
      • (c): App. BC 4.12; Dio 54.2.1; cf. Vell. 2.67.3; Val. Max. 6.8.5; Plin. NH 13.25, with Solin. 46.3; Horace, Sat. 2.2.50, and Porphyr. ad loc.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Norbanus Flaccus (cos. 38) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 43 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Aelius Lamia (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 43 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cestius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 43 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Marcius Censorinus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 43 BCE (Praetor)

    M'. Aquillius Crassus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 1.500, final 1.500): 43 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Lucius Munatius Plancus Titus Munatius Plancus