Gaius Helvius Cinna

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44 BCE
Tribune of the Plebs

Broughton: He proposed the measure which deprived Caesetius and Marullus of their tribunician powers (see above; a), and it was said had already drawn up a bill at Caesar's wish empowering Caesar to marry such and so many wives as he wished (b). He was killed by the crowd after Caesar's funeral by mistake for the Praetor Cinna (c). On his identification with the poet Cinna, see Plut. Brut. 20.5; Schwabe, Philologus 47 (1889) 169f., and against it, Deutsch, CJ 20 (1925) 326ff.
Sources (5)
- Broughton, MRR2
  - (a) Liv. Per. 116; Nic. Dam. Vit. Caes. 20.9, FGrH 2A.405; 22.1, ibid. 406; App. BC 2.108; Dio 44.10.3; 46.49.2; Obseq. 70
  - (b) Suet. Iul. 52.3; Dio 44.7.3
  - (c) Val. Max. 9.9.1; Suet. Iul. 85; Plut. Caes. 68.2; Brut. 20.5-6; App. BC 2.147; Dio 44.50.4, and 52.2; 45.6.3; 46.49.2; 47.11.3; Obseq. 70; Zonar. 10.12
  - Plut. Brut. 20.5; Schwabe, Philologus 47 (1889) 169f
  - Deutsch, CJ 20 (1925) 326ff
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

(C. or P. or L. Hostilius) Saserna (22-24) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 44 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. (Servilius) Casca (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 44 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Epidius Marullus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 44 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

D. Carfulenus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 44 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

L. Antonius Pietas (cos. 41) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 2.000, final 2.000): 44 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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