Consuls
Broughton: Cicero considered Afranius ineffective (a). Metellus as Consul-Designate and as Consul opposed the measures desired by Pompey, and also the demands of the companies of publicans for remission of their contracts for the taxes of Asia, and carried his opposition to the Pompeian Tribune Flavius to the point of being haled to prison (b). He opposed the attempts of his brother-in-law Clodius to transfer himself to the Plebs (c). The Consuls were assigned the two Gallic provinces by special decree of the Senate in March, 60, Metellus probably receiving Transalpine, and Afranius, Cisalpine, Gaul (d), but the Tribune Flavius threatened to take Metellus' province from him, and probably carried out his threat; at any rate Metellus died suddenly before April, 59, without leaving the city (e). See Broughton, TAPhA 79 (1948) 73-76.
Sources (6)
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Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.915, 916, 917; Cic. Att. 1.18.8; Dom. 13; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 490f. ([-]ci[-]); Plin. NH 2.170; Flor. 2.13.8; Dio 37, Index, and 49. 1; Obseq. 62; Chr. 354 (Afranio et Metello); Fast. Hyd. (Afranio et Metello Cedere); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Afranius, CIL 12.2.752-ILS 878; and on Metellus Cic. Pis. 8; Hor. Carm. 2.1.1; Ascon. 7 C.
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.18-20
- (b) Cic. Att. 1. 17-20, and esp. 2. 1.8; Dio 37.49-50
- (c) Cic. Att. 2.1.4-5, cf. 1.18.5; Har. Resp. 45; Cael. 60; Dio 37.51.1-2
- (d) Cic. Att. 1.19.2, and 20.5; Dio 37.50.4
- (e) Cic. Cael. 59; Sest. 130-13 1; Vat. 19; Att. 2.5.2; Dio 37.50.4
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
(): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
C. Antonius Hibrida (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Consul)
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
L. Roscius Otho (): 67 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 63 BCE (Aedile) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
Broughton: Cicero considered Afranius ineffective (a). Metellus as Consul-Designate and as Consul opposed the measures desired by Pompey, and also the demands of the companies of publicans for remission of their contracts for the taxes of Asia, and carried his opposition to the Pompeian Tribune Flavius to the point of being haled to prison (b). He opposed the attempts of his brother-in-law Clodius to transfer himself to the Plebs (c). The Consuls were assigned the two Gallic provinces by special decree of the Senate in March, 60, Metellus probably receiving Transalpine, and Afranius, Cisalpine, Gaul (d), but the Tribune Flavius threatened to take Metellus' province from him, and probably carried out his threat; at any rate Metellus died suddenly before April, 59, without leaving the city (e). See Broughton, TAPhA 79 (1948) 73-76.
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Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.915, 916, 917; Cic. Att. 1.18.8; Dom. 13; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 490f. ([-]ci[-]); Plin. NH 2.170; Flor. 2.13.8; Dio 37, Index, and 49. 1; Obseq. 62; Chr. 354 (Afranio et Metello); Fast. Hyd. (Afranio et Metello Cedere); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod.; on Afranius, CIL 12.2.752-ILS 878; and on Metellus Cic. Pis. 8; Hor. Carm. 2.1.1; Ascon. 7 C.
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.18-20
- (b) Cic. Att. 1. 17-20, and esp. 2. 1.8; Dio 37.49-50
- (c) Cic. Att. 2.1.4-5, cf. 1.18.5; Har. Resp. 45; Cael. 60; Dio 37.51.1-2
- (d) Cic. Att. 1.19.2, and 20.5; Dio 37.50.4
- (e) Cic. Cael. 59; Sest. 130-13 1; Vat. 19; Att. 2.5.2; Dio 37.50.4
Praetors
Broughton: Phil. 3.16. Klein (240f., no. 54) suggests that he became a governor of Sardinia
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Broughton, MRR2
- Suet. Aug. 4, Praetor before 59; cf. Cic. Att. 2.12.1;
Broughton: Carried a law to abolish the customs dues in Italian ports (a).
Career-overlap (4) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
(): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)
P. (Licinius) Crassus Dives (): 60 BCE (Aedile) , 57 BCE (Praetor)
Broughton: See 59, Promagistrates; cf. App. Syr. 51.
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Broughton, MRR2
- cf. App. Syr. 51.
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P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)
Broughton: See 59, Promagistrates
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Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor) , 60 BCE (Praetor)
L. Caecilius Rufus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 57 BCE (Praetor)
P. (Licinius) Crassus Dives (): 60 BCE (Aedile) , 57 BCE (Praetor)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (): 63 BCE (Praetor) , 60 BCE (Consul)
Broughton: Proconsul in Illyricum in 59-58 at the latest (a). See 67, Promagistrates, and note 12.
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Fam. 13.42, Prescript, and mention of Byllis; cf. 13.41
Aediles
Broughton: See 59, Iudex Quaestionis.
Sources (1)
- MRR2
Career-overlap (3) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Q. Numerius Rufus (): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)
Quaestors
Broughton: Returned this year from service as Quaestor under Vergilius in Sicily (a).
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Att. 2.1.5; see 61, Quaestors
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A. Gabinius (): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)
Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 56 BCE (Consul)
Cn. Plancius (): 58 BCE (Quaestor) , 56 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)
L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (): 61 BCE (Praetor) , 58 BCE (Consul)
L. Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54) (): 61 BCE (Aedile) , 58 BCE (Praetor)
Broughton: Quaestor in Africa (a). The date is only approximate: he became Tribune of the Plebs in 57.
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) CIL 12.2.2513-ILS 9482
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P. (Licinius) Crassus Dives (): 60 BCE (Aedile) , 57 BCE (Praetor)
P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57) (): 60 BCE (Praetor) , 57 BCE (Consul)
Broughton: Spoke among the last in a meeting of the Senate in March of this year (a), and so may have held the quaestorship by this year.
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.19.9
Broughton: Cic. Fam. 15.21.2, if the passage is correctly interpreted as referring to the attempt of Clodius to transfer himself to the Plebs.
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Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Fam. 15.21.2
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
C. Caninius Rebilus (cos. suff. 45) (): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)
Q. Fabius Maximus (): 48 BCE (Praetor) , 45 BCE (Consul)
C. Julius Caesar (): 48 BCE (Consul, Dictator) , 45 BCE (Consul, Dictator)
P. Servilius Isauricus (): 60 BCE (Quaestor) , 48 BCE (Consul)
L. Menucius Basilus (): 55 BCE (Quaestor) , 45 BCE (Praetor)
Tribune of the Plebs
Brougthon: His agrarian law, intended to provide land for Pompey's veterans from public land and from purchases of land with the new revenues, was supported by Cicero with amendments designed to protect present possessors, but was so sternly opposed by the conservatives, including the Consul, Metellus Celer, that it failed of passage (a).