Consuls
Broughton: In this year Marius at last met the Teutoni and the Ambrones and exterminated them in two battles near Aquae Sextiae. He then was reelected Consul in absence, and refused to celebrate the triumph voted him, but proceeded to join his colleague Catulus against the Cimbri (Elogium, above; a). The latter meantime held command in Italy against the Cimbri, and either because of defeat in a preliminary skirmish or the fears of his soldiers was forced to retreat beyond the Po from fortified positions on the Adige (b).
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Broughton, MRR1
- CIL 12.2.699, 700; Cic. Arch. 5; Plin. NH 22.11; Plut. Mar. 14.8; 44.5; Sull. 4.2; Eutrop. 5.1.4; Obseq. 44; Chr. 354 (Mario IIII et Catulo); Fast. Hyd. (Mario IIII et Catullo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Catulus, Cic. Rab. Perd. 21; Brut. 132; Tusc. 5.56; Ampel. 22; and on Marius, Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 195-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.83. See Degrassi 128, 476f.
- (a) Liv. Per. 68; Vell. 2.12.4; Val. Max. 1.2.4; Frontin. Str. 1.2.6, and 11.2; 2.4.6, 7.12, and 9.1; 4.7.5; Plut. Mar. 15-22; 24.1-2; Apophth. Mar. 4; Polyaen. 8.10.1-2; Dio 27, fr. 94.1; Eutrop. 5.1.4; Jerome Chr. ad ann. 102, p. 148 Helm; Oros. 5.16.9-14; Fest. 16 L; cf. Cic. Cat. 4.21; Leg. Man. 60
- (b) Liv. Per. 68; Val. Max. 5.8.4; Plin. NH 22.11; Frontin. Str. 1.5.3; 4.1.13; Plut. Mar. 15.4; 23-24; Sull. 4.2-4; Praec. ger. rei pub. 12.5; Apophth. Catuli; Flor. 1.38.11-13; Fronto Ad Ver. 126 N; Dio 27, fr. 94.2; Ampel. 22.4; Oros. 5.16.14; Auct. Vir. Il. 72.10
Broughton: In this year Marius at last met the Teutoni and the Ambrones and exterminated them in two battles near Aquae Sextiae. He then was reelected Consul in absence, and refused to celebrate the triumph voted him, but proceeded to join his colleague Catulus against the Cimbri (Elogium, above; a). The latter meantime held command in Italy against the Cimbri, and either because of defeat in a preliminary skirmish or the fears of his soldiers was forced to retreat beyond the Po from fortified positions on the Adige (b).
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Broughton, MRR1
- CIL 12.2.699, 700; Cic. Arch. 5; Plin. NH 22.11; Plut. Mar. 14.8; 44.5; Sull. 4.2; Eutrop. 5.1.4; Obseq. 44; Chr. 354 (Mario IIII et Catulo); Fast. Hyd. (Mario IIII et Catullo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Catulus, Cic. Rab. Perd. 21; Brut. 132; Tusc. 5.56; Ampel. 22; and on Marius, Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 195-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.83. See Degrassi 128, 476f.
- (a) Liv. Per. 68; Vell. 2.12.4; Val. Max. 1.2.4; Frontin. Str. 1.2.6, and 11.2; 2.4.6, 7.12, and 9.1; 4.7.5; Plut. Mar. 15-22; 24.1-2; Apophth. Mar. 4; Polyaen. 8.10.1-2; Dio 27, fr. 94.1; Eutrop. 5.1.4; Jerome Chr. ad ann. 102, p. 148 Helm; Oros. 5.16.9-14; Fest. 16 L; cf. Cic. Cat. 4.21; Leg. Man. 60
- (b) Liv. Per. 68; Val. Max. 5.8.4; Plin. NH 22.11; Frontin. Str. 1.5.3; 4.1.13; Plut. Mar. 15.4; 23-24; Sull. 4.2-4; Praec. ger. rei pub. 12.5; Apophth. Catuli; Flor. 1.38.11-13; Fronto Ad Ver. 126 N; Dio 27, fr. 94.2; Ampel. 22.4; Oros. 5.16.14; Auct. Vir. Il. 72.10
Praetors
Broughton: Received command against the pirates in Cilicia, a command which he continued to hold until 100, when he celebrated, probably between December 10 and 29, a triumph for his successes (a).
Sources (1)
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) CIL 12.2.2662; IGRP 4.1116; I. de Délos 4.1.1700, after 97 B.C.; Cic. De Or. 1.82; 2.2; Leg. Man. 33; Liv. Per. 68; Trogus, Prolog. 39; Plut. Pomp. 24.6; Obseq. 44; see 101, and 100, Promagistrates; Taylor and West, AJA 32 [1928] 1-22; Broughton, TAPhA 77 [1946] 35-40
Broughton: As governor of a Spanish province, probably the Farther one, he subdued some Lusitanians with Celtiberian aid, and secured permission from the Senate to found a city for his allies (a). Appian dates Marius' action five years before the victory of Didius at Colenda, which probably took place in 97 (see 97, Promagistrates). Marius was probably the brother of the Consul who adopted his sister's son, M. Marius Gratidianus (b).
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) App. Ib. 100; cf. Obseq. 44a
- (b) Cic. Brut. 168; Leg. 3.36; Schol. Bern. on Lucan 2.173, p. 61 U
Career-overlap (1) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
(): 102 BCE (Consul)
Broughton: Succeeding Lucullus, he too suffered reverses (a). He may probably be identified with the Augur named Servilius, who later, probably in 101, accused Lucullus of peculation and forced him into exile, and himself in turn after an interval received the same treatment from Lucullus' sons (b).
Aediles
Brougthon: If this passage (a) refers to the Consul of 97, 102 is a probable date, but it may refer to Dives Mucianus, Consul in 131 (b). See 142, Aediles; Seidel, FA 44.
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) Cic. Off. 2.57.
- (b) Münzer, RE nos. 61 and 72
Quaestors
Brougthon: Served in Asia (a). Both the aedileship and the quaestorship of Livius are attested by Auct. Vir. Ill., although they are omitted from the Elogium (b). The date is uncertain but should precede or coincide with the censorship of 102, since Cicero includes him in the list of senators who fought Saturninus (c).
MT: If this date is correct is year of birth must have been longer before 119 BCE as it doesn't seem likely he was quaestor at this age.
Sources (3)
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) Auct. Vir. Ill. 66.3
- (b) CIL 12.1, p. 199—Inscr. Ital. 13.3.74
- (c) Rab. Perd. 21
Broughton: Served under C. Servilius in Sicily (a).
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) Cic. Div. in Caec. 63; cf. Ps. Ascon. 203 Stangl
Broughton: Served under M. Antonius against the Cilician pirates (a).
MT: DPRR lists him as quaestor in 101 BCE (as of Oct 2025). Not sure why as Broughton records his quaestorship in 102 BCE. MRR 1.563-564, 565, note 7 also confirms this.
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Broughton, MRR1
- (a) Cic. De Or. 2.197-202; cf. App. BC 1.91; see 103, notes 4 and 7
Tribune of the Plebs
Broughton: As Tribune, Pompeius denounced the Battaces, who had come from Pessinus with a message of encouragement from the Magna Mater against the Cimbri and the Teutoni, as an imposter, and fell ill and died three days later (a). See D.-G. 4.321, no. 11.
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Diod. 36.13; Plut. Mar. 17.5-6