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Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73)

Consul in 73 BCE and brother of Lucius Licinius Lucullus

🏛️ Career

  1. 73 BCE
    (aged 43)
    Consul · Co-consul: C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73)

    Broughton: The Consuls together carried a grain law (a). Lucullus may have begun his term of command in Macedonia in this year (b; see 72, Promagistrates).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.896; SIG³ 747; Cic. Verr. 2.1.60; Cluent. 137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 486f. (M. [Teren]tius M. f. [- n. Var]r. Lucull., C. Ca[ssiu]s L. f. [-]); Chr. 354 (Varro et Licinio); Fast. Hyd. (Marco Lucullo et Cassio Longino); Chr. Pasc. (#); Oros. 5.24.1; Cassiod.; and on Lucullus, Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl.
      • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.3.163 and 173; and 5.52; Sall. Hist. 3.48.19 M
      • (b) Cic. Verr. 2.2.24; Ps.-Ascon. 261 Stangl
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 1.333, final 1.333): 73 BCE (Consul)

    C. Claudius Glaber (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 73 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Cossinius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 73 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 73 BCE (Praetor)

    P. Valerius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 73 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Lucius Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74)