Home Back
About Sources
L

Lucius Marcius Philippus (cos. 56)

Consul in 56 BCE; he was step-father of the emperor Augustus

🏛️ Career

  1. 62 BCE
    Praetor

    MT: No further comments in MRR2

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • See 61, Promagistrates.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 56 BCE (Consul)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Papirius Carbo (pr. 62) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Vergilius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Calpurnius Bibulus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 56 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56)

    Broughton: Lentulus as Consul-elect and Consul gave general support to the optimate position against Clodius and the so-called First Triumvirate (a), and opposed the use of an army to restore the king of Egypt to his throne (b). He [Lentulus] opposed the candidacy of Pompey and Crassus for the consulships of 55 (c).

    Sources (4)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.923-926, 964; Bull. Archeol. Dalmate 47-48 (1924-25) 4, cited by Degrassi; cf. IGRP 1.1394; Cic. Att. 5.21.11; Fam. 1.9.8; Ascon. 2 C; Dio 39, Index, 16.3, 18. 1, and 40. 1 ; Schol. Bob. 135 Stangl; Chr. 354 (Marcellino et Philippo); Fast. Hyd. (Marcellino et Philippo); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Marcellinus, Cic. Att. 9.9.4; QF 2.1.1; Brut. 247; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f.; and on Philippus, Cic. QF 2.1.2; Har. Resp. 11; Sest. 110; Prov. Cons. 21, cf. 39; Plut. Cat. Min. 39. See Degrassi 56f., 132, 492f.
      • (a) Cic. A tt. 4.2.4, and 3.3; QF 2.1.1-2, and 4.4; Fam. 1. 2. 1; Har. Resp. 11, 13, 22; Prov. Cons. 39
      • (b) Cic. Fam. 1.1.2, and 2.1; QF 2.4.5; cf. Fenestella fr. 21 Peter
      • (c) Plut. Pomp. 51; Crass. 15; Apophth. Pomp. 12; Dio 39.28-30; cf. Val. Max. 6.2.6
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 56 BCE (Consul)

    C. Julius Caesar (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Papirius Carbo (pr. 62) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Vergilius Balbus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Calpurnius Bibulus (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 62 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Lucius Marcius Philippus (cos. 91)
  2. Siblings
    Quintus Marcius Philippus (pr. 48)
  3. Children
    Lucius Marcius Philippus (cos. suff. 38)