53 BCE · Magistrates

Consuls

Cn. Domitius Calvinus (cos. 53)

4 magistracies , aged 36 at this time

Broughton: Their election delayed by the scandals of 54 (see 54, Consuls) and the subsequent disorders, they finally entered office in July (a). Their attempts in turn to hold the elections for 52 were frustrated by the rowdyism of the consular candidates Milo and Plautius Hypsaeus and the praetorian candidate Clodius (b).

Sources (3)

Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.930, cf. 944, 2663c; Cic. QF 3.8.3; Ascon. 48 C; Plut. Pomp. 54.3; Dio 40, Index, and 17.1; Chr. 354 (Carvino et Messalla); Fast. Hyd. (Balbino et Messala), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Macrob. Sat. 1.9.14. See Degrassi 132, 494f.; and on Valerius, Münzer, Gent. Val. 53, no. 60.
- (a) Plut. Pomp. 54.2-3; Dio 40.45.1; cf. Cic. QF 3.8.3-4, and 9.2-5; Fam. 2.5.2; App. BC 3.19
- (b) Cic. Aer. Alien. Mil. fr. 7, and Schol. Bob. 172 Stangl; Dio 40.46.2-3; cf. Cic. Mil. passim, esp. 24ff.; Ascon. 30-31 C

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Qunitus Ancharius (pr. 56) (): 59 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 56 BCE (Praetor)

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M. Valerius Messalla Rufus (cos. 53)

2 magistracies , aged 51 at this time

Broughton: Their election delayed by the scandals of 54 (see 54, Consuls) and the subsequent disorders, they finally entered office in July (a). Their attempts in turn to hold the elections for 52 were frustrated by the rowdyism of the consular candidates Milo and Plautius Hypsaeus and the praetorian candidate Clodius (b).

Sources (3)

Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.930, cf. 944, 2663c; Cic. QF 3.8.3; Ascon. 48 C; Plut. Pomp. 54.3; Dio 40, Index, and 17.1; Chr. 354 (Carvino et Messalla); Fast. Hyd. (Balbino et Messala), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Macrob. Sat. 1.9.14. See Degrassi 132, 494f.; and on Valerius, Münzer, Gent. Val. 53, no. 60.
- (a) Plut. Pomp. 54.2-3; Dio 40.45.1; cf. Cic. QF 3.8.3-4, and 9.2-5; Fam. 2.5.2; App. BC 3.19
- (b) Cic. Aer. Alien. Mil. fr. 7, and Schol. Bob. 172 Stangl; Dio 40.46.2-3; cf. Cic. Mil. passim, esp. 24ff.; Ascon. 30-31 C

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Q. Minucius Thermus (pr. 58) (): 62 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 53 BCE (Praetor)

Praetors

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L. Aemilius Paullus (cos. 50)

3 magistracies , aged 46 at this time

MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Mil. 24.

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C. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 50) (): 53 BCE (Praetor) , 50 BCE (Consul)

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P. Attius Varus

probable

1 magistracy

Broughton: Had governed Africa a few years before 49 B. C. (a). This is the latest possible date before the praetorship and governorship of Considius Longus.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Caes. BC 1.31.2, ex praetura eam provinciam obtinuerat

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C. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 50)

3 magistracies

Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law

Sources (1)

MRR2

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L. Aemilius Paullus (cos. 50) (): 53 BCE (Praetor) , 50 BCE (Consul)

Cn. Domitius Calvinus (cos. 53) (): 56 BCE (Praetor) , 53 BCE (Consul)

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Q. Minucius Thermus (pr. 58)

3 magistracies

Broughton: See 52, Promagistrates;

Sources (1)

MRR2

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M. Valerius Messalla Rufus (cos. 53) (): 62 BCE (Praetor) , 53 BCE (Consul)

Aediles

M. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (cos. 46)

5 magistracies , aged 37 at this time

Broughton: Since all known Interreges had held curule office, Seidel (FA 70) suggests that Lepidus had held the curule aedileship before 52.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2

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C. Julius Caesar (): 59 BCE (Consul) , 49 BCE (Dictator) , 46 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

M. Favonius (): 59 BCE (Quaestor) , 49 BCE (Praetor)

Quaestors

C. Cassius Longinus (pr. 44)

Syria

3 magistracies , aged 29 at this time

Broughton: Served under Crassus in Syria as Quaestor in this year (a). He escaped from Carrhae, gathered the scattered survivors, and organized the defence of Syria (b).

Sources (2)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Vell. 2.46.4, tum quaestore; Dio 40.25.4
- (b) Vell. 2.46.4; Joseph. AJ 14.119; Plut. Crass. 20-29; Dio 40.25.4-5; Eutrop. 6.18.2; Oros. 6.13.5; cf. Cic. Phil. 11.35

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M. Junius Brutus (pr. 44) (): 53 BCE (Quaestor) , 44 BCE (Praetor)

L. Marcius Philippus (cos. suff. 38) (): 49 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 44 BCE (Praetor)

M. Antonius (cos. 44) (): 49 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 44 BCE (Consul)

C. Julius Caesar (): 49 BCE (Dictator) , 44 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

M. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (cos. 46) (): 53 BCE (Aedile) , 49 BCE (Praetor)

M. Junius Brutus (pr. 44)

2 magistracies , aged 32 at this time

Broughton: Refused to serve under Caesar in Gaul, and accompanied his father-in-law Appius Claudius Pulcher to Cilicia (a).

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Auct. Vir. Ill. 82.3-4

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C. Cassius Longinus (pr. 44) (): 53 BCE (Quaestor) , 44 BCE (Praetor)

Tribune of the Plebs

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M. Coelius Vinicianus

3 magistracies

Broughton: Together with Hirrus he proposed that Pompey be made Dictator, but failed to carry it (a).

Sources (2)

Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.781.
- (a) Cael., in Cic. Fam. 8.4.3; Plut. Pomp. 54.2-3; cf. Cic. QF 3.4.1, and 8.4, and 9.3; Dio 40.45, cf. 17.1; Obseq. 63

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C. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 50) (): 56 BCE (Aedile) , 53 BCE (Praetor)

Cn. Domitius Calvinus (cos. 53) (): 56 BCE (Praetor) , 53 BCE (Consul)

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P. Licinius Crassus Dives Iunianus

1 magistracy

Broughton: Cicero dissuaded him from joining Hirrus in proposing a dictatorship for Pompey (a; see above, Coelius Vinicianus).

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. QF 3.8.4

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C. Lucilius Hirrus

1 magistracy

Broughton: See above, on Coelius Vinicianus

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2