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Gaius Memmius (pr. 58)

Praetor in 58 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 66 BCE
    (aged 33)
    Tribune of the Plebs

    Broughton: Prosecuted M. Lucullus unsuccessfully for his acts while Quaestor under Sulla, and excited the people against L. Lucullus and delayed the decreeing of his triumph (a).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) Plut. Luc. 37.1-2; Cat. Min. 29.3, cf. 6.2; see Cic. Acad. 2.3
    Career-overlap (3) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Aemilius Scaurus (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Aedile)

    P. Plautius Hypsaeus (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Aedile)

  2. 58 BCE
    (aged 41)
    Praetor

    Broughton: With Domitius (see above) he began an attack on Caesar's acta. Attempted to prosecute Vatinius for violation of the Lex Iunia Licinia (a).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. QF 1.2.16.
      • (a) Cic. Vat. 33; Schol. Bob. 150 Stangl
    Career-overlap (3) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Aemilius Scaurus (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Aedile)

    P. Plautius Hypsaeus (): 66 BCE (Quaestor) , 58 BCE (Aedile)

🏺 Family

  1. Parents
    Lucius Memmius
  2. Children
    Gaius Memmius (cos. suff. 34)