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Quintus Pedius (cos. suff. 43)

Consul (suffectus) in 43 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 48 BCE
    (aged 44)
    Praetor

    Broughton: Crushed Milo's revolt near Cosa (a).

    Sources (1)
    Career-overlap (2) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (cos. 43) (): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 43 BCE (Consul)

    A. Hirtius (): 48 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 43 BCE (Consul)

  2. 43 BCE
    (aged 49)
    Consul ·suffect · Co-consuls: A. Hirtius, C. Carrinas, C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (cos. 43), P. Ventidius Bassus, C. Julius Caesar Octavius

    Broughton: Octavian chose him to be his colleague (a). He carried the law providing for the prosecution of Caesar's murderers (b), and in Octavian's absence one rescinding the declarations of Antony and Lepidus as public enemies (c). An old man, he died shortly before the arrival of the Triumvirs in Rome from the weariness and excitement that attended the first executions in the proscriptions (d).

    Sources (5)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Fast. Amit. (Q. P[-]), Degrassi 170f.; Fast. Amer., ibid. 242; Fast. Colot. (Q. Pedius Q. f.), ibid. 274f.; Fast. Mag. Vic., ibid. 282f.; cf. Act. Tr. for 45, ibid. 86f. with the filiation M. f., and discussion on p. 134.
      • (a) Vell. 2.65.2, and 69.5; Plin. NH 35.21; Tac. Dial. 17.1; App. BC 3.94; Dio 46.46.1; Zonar. 10.15
      • (b) Res Gest. D. Aug. 2; Liv. Per. 120; Vell. 2.69.5, lege Pedia; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95; 4.27; Dio 46.48, and 49.5; 47.22.4
      • (c) App. BC 3.96; Dio 46.52.3-4
      • (d) App. BC 4.6; Dio 47.15.2
    Career-overlap (2) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (cos. 43) (): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 43 BCE (Consul)

    A. Hirtius (): 48 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 43 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

  1. Children
    Quintus Pedius (q. 41)