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L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54)
4 magistracies , aged 44 at this time
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Broughton: Domitius continued in strong opposition to the Triumvirate and their henchmen, against Caesar (a), against Gabinius (b), and even opposed burial honors for Iulia (c). Claudius became reconciled with Cicero (d), first aided Gabinius by using comitial days to delay the proceedings against him (e), then attacked him (f), aided Pomptinus at last to obtain his triumph (see Promagistrates), served along with a commission of ten Legates to settle disputes between Interamna and Reate (g), and vowed a propylon to Demeter at Eleusis (h). Both Consuls were involved in the election scandal of this year (i). Claudius proceeded to his province of Cilicia, probably without the benefit of a Lex curiata de imperio (j).

Sources (11)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.927-929; Cic. QF 2.13.3; Caes. BG 5.1.1; Ascon. 1, and 18 C; Dio 39, Index, and 60.2; 40, Index, and 1.1; Obseq. 64 (Gneo Domitio Appio Claudio); Chr. 354 (Aenobarbo et Phucro); Fast. Hyd. (Achenobarbo et Pulchro), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Clandius, Schol. Bob. 152 Stangl. See Degrassi 132, 494f.
    • (a) Suet. Nero 2.2, cf. Iul. 24
    • (b) Cic. QF 2.11.2; Dio 39.60.3-4
    • (c) Dio 39.64
    • (d) Fam. 1.9.4 and 19; 3.10.8 and 10; QF 2.10.1-3; Scaur. 31-37
    • (e) Cic. QF 2.11.3
    • (f) QF 3.2.3; Dio 39.60.3-4
    • (g) Varro RR 3.2.3; cf. Cic. Scaur. 27; Att. 4.15.5
    • (h) CIL 12 .2.775
    • (i) Cic. Att. 4.15.7, and 17.2; cf. QF 3.1.16, and 2.3, and 3.2
    • (j) Cic. Att. 4.18.4; Fam. 1.9.25; QF 3.2.3
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

C. Memmius (pr. 58) (): 66 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 58 BCE (Praetor)

A. Gabinius (): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)

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

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

A
Ap. Claudius Pulcher
2 magistracies , aged 43 at this time
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Broughton: Domitius continued in strong opposition to the Triumvirate and their henchmen, against Caesar (a), against Gabinius (b), and even opposed burial honors for Iulia (c). Claudius became reconciled with Cicero (d), first aided Gabinius by using comitial days to delay the proceedings against him (e), then attacked him (f), aided Pomptinus at last to obtain his triumph (see Promagistrates), served along with a commission of ten Legates to settle disputes between Interamna and Reate (g), and vowed a propylon to Demeter at Eleusis (h). Both Consuls were involved in the election scandal of this year (i). Claudius proceeded to his province of Cilicia, probably without the benefit of a Lex curiata de imperio (j).

Sources (11)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.927-929; Cic. QF 2.13.3; Caes. BG 5.1.1; Ascon. 1, and 18 C; Dio 39, Index, and 60.2; 40, Index, and 1.1; Obseq. 64 (Gneo Domitio Appio Claudio); Chr. 354 (Aenobarbo et Phucro); Fast. Hyd. (Achenobarbo et Pulchro), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Clandius, Schol. Bob. 152 Stangl. See Degrassi 132, 494f.
    • (a) Suet. Nero 2.2, cf. Iul. 24
    • (b) Cic. QF 2.11.2; Dio 39.60.3-4
    • (c) Dio 39.64
    • (d) Fam. 1.9.4 and 19; 3.10.8 and 10; QF 2.10.1-3; Scaur. 31-37
    • (e) Cic. QF 2.11.3
    • (f) QF 3.2.3; Dio 39.60.3-4
    • (g) Varro RR 3.2.3; cf. Cic. Scaur. 27; Att. 4.15.5
    • (h) CIL 12 .2.775
    • (i) Cic. Att. 4.15.7, and 17.2; cf. QF 3.1.16, and 2.3, and 3.2
    • (j) Cic. Att. 4.18.4; Fam. 1.9.25; QF 3.2.3
Career-overlap (2) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (): 57 BCE (Aedile) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

P. Sestius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

Praetors

Marcus Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51)
M. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51)
3 magistracies , aged 41 at this time
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Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law.

Sources (1)
  • MRR2
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M. Porcius Cato (pr. 54) (): 64 BCE (Quaestor) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

A. Plautius Plotius (pr. 51) (): 54 BCE (Aedile) , 51 BCE (Praetor)

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C. Cosconius (pr. 54)
probable
4 magistracies
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Broughton: An ex-Praetor when killed by Caesar's mutinous troops in 47, so 48 is the latest date for his praetorship, though 54 is more probable (a). See 54, Praetors; and 53, Promagistrates.

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C. Fannius (pr. 54) (): 59 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

P. Servilius Isauricus (): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Consul)

Q. Fabius Maximus (): 57 BCE (Aedile) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

M. Caelius Rufus (): 57 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

P. Sestius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

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Cn. Domitius (pr. 54)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Presided over the second prosecution of Caelius Rufus (a). Domitius should probably be distinguished from both the Praetor of 56 (Calvinus) and the Consul of 54 (Ahenobarbus). Münzer (RE) points out that there were other Domitii of some prominence in this period (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. QF 2.11.2
    • (b) see Ascon. 54 C; Caes. BC 2.42.3; BCH 18 [1894] 419f.
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Fonteius (not in RE)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Perhaps a Pr. Urbanus, since Cicero returned to Rome to the Ludi Apollinares for his sake (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Att. 4.15.6
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M. Porcius Cato (pr. 54)
3 magistracies , aged 41 at this time
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Broughton: Presided over the trials of Scaurus (a), and of Gabinins for extortion (b; see 55, Promagistrates), opposed granting a triumph to Pomptinus (Cic. Att. 4.18.4; see Promagistrates), and during the scandals caused by bribery in the elections became the holder of a wager made by the tribunician candidates for their good conduct (c).

Sources (3)
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M. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51) (): 64 BCE (Quaestor) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

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P. Servilius Isauricus
4 magistracies
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Broughton: Brought C. Messius into court although he was a Legate of Caesar (a), and joined with Cato in opposing a triumph for Pomptinus (b).

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C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

C. Trebonius (): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Praetor)

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Ser. Sulpicius Galba (pr. 54)
1 magistracy , aged 35 at this time
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Broughton: Enabled his old commander Pomptinus to secure his triumph (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Dio 39.65.2
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L. Aelius Tubero
1 magistracy
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Broughton: On Aelius Tubero, Cotta (perhaps but not certainly referred to in QF 3.8.6, where Ms reading Gutta is emended to Cotta, as a possible candidate for the consulship of 52), and Postumius, see (a), all with imperium in March of 49, and Postumius was in February directed to succeed Furfanius in Sicily (b). On Postumius, who was temporarily prominent between 51 and 49, see (c), now dated with probability by Carlson to 51 B. C. (d).

The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52. (MRR2)

Sources (4)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Hölzl 66f., Stella Maranca 332; and Wehrmarm 68, on Domitius, 71, on Cotta and Tubero, and 72, on Fannius. Nonius Sufenas, Fannius, Voconius, and Sestius are named in Cic. Att. 8.15.3
    • (b) Att. 7.15.2
    • (c) Sall. Ad Caes. 2.9.4
    • (d) Eine Denkschrift an Caesar über den Staat [Lund, 1936] 12-26
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M. Aurelius Cotta (pr. 54)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52.

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  • MRR2
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M. Considius Nonianus
2 magistracies
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Broughton: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52.

Sources (1)
  • MRR2
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C. Scribonius Curio (pr. 54) (): 54 BCE (Quaestor) , 50 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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C. Fannius (pr. 54)
2 magistracies , aged 45 at this time
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Broughton: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52. (MRR2)

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • See Cic. Sest. 113-114; Vat. 38; Schol. Bob. 135 Stangl.
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C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (): 59 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

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L. Postumius (pr. 54)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52.

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  • MRR2
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P. Sestius
3 magistracies
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Broughton: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52.

Sources (1)
  • MRR2
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

C. Cosconius (pr. 54) (): 57 BCE (Aedile) , 54 BCE (Praetor)

Sex. Atilius Serranus Gavianus (): 63 BCE (Quaestor) , 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

T. Fadius Gallus (): 63 BCE (Quaestor) , 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

Ap. Claudius Pulcher (): 57 BCE (Praetor) , 54 BCE (Consul)

L. Caecilius Rufus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 57 BCE (Praetor)

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Voconius
1 magistracy
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Brougthon: The appearance of the members of this group (Tubero, Cotta, Nonianus, Fannius Postimius, Sestius and Voconius) as Promagistrates in various provinces and commands in 49 after the passage of Pompey's law making mandatory an interval of five years between the city magistracy and the provincial command, suggests that they had held the praetor ship by or before 54 B. C. Fannius at least had good prospects of attaining the praetorship when he was referred to in 56 (see above). It is not clear how far the emergency caused exemptions from the law in 49, nor does it appear to have applied to the magistrates in office in 52. (MRR2)

Sources (1)
  • MRR2

Aediles

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Cn. Plancius
3 magistracies
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Broughton: The successful candidate, who was prosecuted by his unsuccessful rival Iuventius Laterensis under the law of Crassus de sodaliciis (a). See Lübker no. 1.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Planc., passim, esp. 49; QF 3. 1. 11 ; Schol. Bob. 142 Stangl; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 1.491f.
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A. Plautius Plotius (pr. 51) (): 56 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Aedile)

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

M. Aemilius Scaurus (): 58 BCE (Aedile) , 56 BCE (Praetor)

P. Clodius Pulcher (): 58 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 56 BCE (Aedile)

A
A. Plautius Plotius (pr. 51)
3 magistracies
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Planc. 17 and 53; Grueber, CRRBM 1.490f. See Lübker no. 2.
Career-overlap (2) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

Cn. Plancius (): 56 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 54 BCE (Aedile)

M. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51) (): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 51 BCE (Consul)

Quaestors

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Faustus Cornelius Sulla
1 magistracy , aged 36 at this time
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Ascon. 20, 28 C; Grueber, CRRBM 1.489f.
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M. Licinius Crassus
1 magistracy , aged 36 at this time
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Broughton: Served under Caesar in Gaul (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Caes. BG 5.24.3, and 46. 1, and 47. 1
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T. Ligarius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Quaestor urbanus. Worked with Cicero in furtherance of Caesar's interests (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Lig. 35-36
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C. Scribonius Curio (pr. 54)
probable
2 magistracies , aged 31 at this time
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Broughton: No title preserved. May have served in this year and until late in 53 or early in 52 under C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (a).

Curio is not specifically called a Quaestor in any text, but the evidence for his age, and the date of his tribunate support the conjecture. He did not return to Rome before the autumn of 53, since Cicero attained the augurate in his absence (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.6.1; cf. Fam. 2.1-6
    • (b) Cic. Phil. 2.4
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M. Considius Nonianus (): 54 BCE (Praetor) , 50 BCE (Praetor)

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L. Sestius Pansa
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Quaestor in Asia (a), probably Proquaestor early in this year when he opposed the wishes of Magnesia under Sipylus (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) OGIS 452
    • (b) Cic. QF 2.9.2

Tribune of the Plebs

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D. Laelius Balbus
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Aided Gabinius when after his conviction for extortion he was treated too contemptuously by C. Memmius (a).

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C. Memmius (tr. pl. 54)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Pressed against Gabinius the charge of extortion, on which he was convicted (a; see 55, Promagistrates). Probably the Memmius who prosecuted Domitius Calvinus for bribery (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. QF 3.1.15, and 2.1, and 3.2; Rab. Post. 7 and 32; Val. Max. 8.1, abs. 3
    • (b) Cic. Att. 4.17.5, cf. 18.3; QF 3.2.3, and 3.2
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Q. Mucius Scaevola
1 magistracy , aged 21 at this time
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Broughton: Because of the election scandals he continually used obnuntiatio to delay the holding of the elections (a). He was also opposed to granting Pomptinus his triumph (b).

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Terentius (tr. pl. 54)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Vetoed the bill to prosecute the candidates for the consulship who were involved in the bribery scandals by a tacitum iudicium (a).

Sources (1)