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D. Junius Silanus
3 magistracies , aged 45 at this time
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Broughton: On the election of Silanus, and his part as Consul Designate in the debate in the Senate on the Catilinarian conspirators (a). Murena was prosecuted for bribery in his election, and defended successfully by Cicero (b). He voted to condemn the conspirators (c), and as Consul protected Cato during the disturbances at the beginning of the year (d). The two Consuls carried a law requiring copies of all proposed legislation to be deposited in the treasury (e).

Sources (6)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.910, 911, 2663b; Cic. Flacc. 30; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170f.; Dio 37, Index, and 39.1; Eutrop. 6.16; Chr. 354 (Silano et Murena); Fast. Hyd. (Silana et Murena); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod. See Degrassi 131, 490f.
    • (a) Cic. Cat. 4.7 and 11; Att. 12.21.1; Phil. 2.12; Sall. Cat. 50.4; 51.16; Plut. Cic. 14.6; 19.1; 20.3; 21.3; Cat. Min. 21.2; 22-23; App. BC 2.5-6; cf. Plut. Caes. 8.1; Dio 37.36; Schol. Gron. 287 Stangl
    • (b) Cic. Mur., passim; Flacc. 98; Fin. 4.74; Quintil. Inst. Or. 4.1.75; 6.1.35; 11.1.69; Plin. Epist. 1.20.7; Plut. Cic. 14.6; 35.3; Cat. Min. 21.3-6; Inim. Util. 9
    • (c) Cic. Dom. 134; Att. 12.21.1
    • (d) Plut. Cat. Min. 28.2-3, cf. 21.6; see Tribunes of the Plebs
    • (e) Cic. Att. 2.9.1; 4.16.5; Sest. 135; Vat. 33; Phil. 5.8; Leg. 3.11 and 46; Suet. Iul. 28.3; ,Schol. Bob. 140 Stangl
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C. Calpurnius Piso (): 70 BCE (Praetor) , 67 BCE (Consul)

C. Papirius Carbo (pr. 62) (): 67 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

C. Vergilius Balbus (): 70 BCE (Quaestor) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

M. Acilius Glabrio (cos. 67) (): 70 BCE (Praetor) , 67 BCE (Consul)

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L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62)
3 magistracies
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Broughton: On the election of Silanus, and his part as Consul Designate in the debate in the Senate on the Catilinarian conspirators (a). Murena was prosecuted for bribery in his election, and defended successfully by Cicero (b). He voted to condemn the conspirators (c), and as Consul protected Cato during the disturbances at the beginning of the year (d). The two Consuls carried a law requiring copies of all proposed legislation to be deposited in the treasury (e).

Sources (6)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.910, 911, 2663b; Cic. Flacc. 30; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170f.; Dio 37, Index, and 39.1; Eutrop. 6.16; Chr. 354 (Silano et Murena); Fast. Hyd. (Silana et Murena); Chr. Pasc. (#); Cassiod. See Degrassi 131, 490f.
    • (a) Cic. Cat. 4.7 and 11; Att. 12.21.1; Phil. 2.12; Sall. Cat. 50.4; 51.16; Plut. Cic. 14.6; 19.1; 20.3; 21.3; Cat. Min. 21.2; 22-23; App. BC 2.5-6; cf. Plut. Caes. 8.1; Dio 37.36; Schol. Gron. 287 Stangl
    • (b) Cic. Mur., passim; Flacc. 98; Fin. 4.74; Quintil. Inst. Or. 4.1.75; 6.1.35; 11.1.69; Plin. Epist. 1.20.7; Plut. Cic. 14.6; 35.3; Cat. Min. 21.3-6; Inim. Util. 9
    • (c) Cic. Dom. 134; Att. 12.21.1
    • (d) Plut. Cat. Min. 28.2-3, cf. 21.6; see Tribunes of the Plebs
    • (e) Cic. Att. 2.9.1; 4.16.5; Sest. 135; Vat. 33; Phil. 5.8; Leg. 3.11 and 46; Suet. Iul. 28.3; ,Schol. Bob. 140 Stangl
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Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (cos. 51) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor) , 65 BCE (Praetor)

C. Julius Caesar (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

C. Vergilius Balbus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

M. Calpurnius Bibulus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Tullius Cicero (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

Praetors

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M. Calpurnius Bibulus
3 magistracies , aged 40 at this time
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Broughton: Crushed Catilinarian sympathizers among the Paeligni (a), and in Rome stood in opposition to his colleague Caesar (b).

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C. Julius Caesar (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor) , 59 BCE (Consul)

C. Vergilius Balbus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Tullius Cicero (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 65 BCE (Praetor) , 62 BCE (Consul)

Julius Caesar (cos. 59)
C. Julius Caesar
14 magistracies , aged 38 at this time
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Broughton: While Praetor-elect he helped to reveal the conspiracy of Catiline, but when the conspirators were arrested tried to save their lives (a). As Praetor he attempted to rob Catulus of the credit for restoring the temple of Jupiter in the Capitol and give it to Pompey, and supported the bill of the Tribune Metellus Nepos to recall Pompey and place him in command against Catiline, but after passage of the Senatus Consultum Ultimum and his own suspension from office he made peace with his opponents (b). Clodius obtained sacrilegious entrance to the rites of the Bona Dea, which were celebrated at Caesar's house, and Caesar divorced his wife (c). He defended the Numidian prince Masintha against Hiempsal (d).

Sources (4)
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L. Marcius Philippus (cos. 56)
2 magistracies
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • See 61, Promagistrates.
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M. Nonius Sufenas (): 62 BCE (Quaestor) , 56 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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C. Papirius Carbo (pr. 62)
2 magistracies
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • See 61, Promagistrates.
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D. Junius Silanus (): 67 BCE (Praetor) , 62 BCE (Consul)

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Q. Tullius Cicero
3 magistracies , aged 40 at this time
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Broughton: Crushed Catilinarian sympathizers in Bruttium (a). Presided at the trial of Archias (b).

Sources (3)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Planc. 95; cf. Att. 1.15.1, and 13.5.
    • (a) Oros. 6.6.7; cf. Dio 37.41
    • (b) Cic. Arch. 3 and 32; Schol. Bob. 175 Stangl
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C. Julius Caesar (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

C. Vergilius Balbus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

M. Calpurnius Bibulus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 65 BCE (Praetor) , 62 BCE (Consul)

L. Manlius Torquatus (cos. 65) (): 68 BCE (Praetor) , 65 BCE (Consul)

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M. Valerius Messalla Rufus (cos. 53)
2 magistracies , aged 42 at this time
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Broughton: A candidate in 63 (a). See Münzer, Gent. Val. 53, no. 60.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Sull. 42 MRR2: Münzer, Gent. Val. 53, no. 60.
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Q. Minucius Thermus (pr. 58) (): 62 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 53 BCE (Praetor)

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C. Vergilius Balbus
3 magistracies
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Broughton: No further notes

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C. Julius Caesar (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

M. Calpurnius Bibulus (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Tullius Cicero (): 65 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Praetor)

D. Junius Silanus (): 70 BCE (Aedile) , 62 BCE (Consul)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 65 BCE (Praetor) , 62 BCE (Consul)

Quaestors

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M. Juventius Laterensis
probable
2 magistracies
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Broughton: Served in Cyrene (a). The date remains uncertain

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M. Nonius Sufenas
3 magistracies
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Broughton: Issued coins with the head of Saturn on them (a), perhaps as Quaestor, perhaps as Monetalis, and probably by this year, since he held the tribunate in 56.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Grueber, CRRBM 1.470
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C. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 49) (): 56 BCE (Aedile) , 52 BCE (Praetor)

L. Marcius Philippus (cos. 56) (): 62 BCE (Praetor) , 56 BCE (Consul)

Tribune of the Plebs

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Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57)
4 magistracies , aged 38 at this time
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Broughton: He attacked the action of Cicero in putting the Catilinarian conspirators to death, and vetoed his final oration at the end of the year (a). In January he renewed his attack on Cicero, and attempted to carry two bills, one to summon Pompey to Italy to take command against Catiline, and the other to grant him election to the consulship in absence, against the veto of his colleague Cato, so forcefully that martial law was declared, and he departed from Rome to join Pompey (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Fam. 5. 1, and 2; Sest. 11; Pis. 6-7; Ascon. 6 C; Plut. Cic. 23.1-2; Dio 37.38.2; Schol. Bob. 82, and 127 Stangl; cf. Cic. Cont. Contra Q. Met. fr. 1-10, ed. MüIler
    • (b) Cic. Fam. 5.1, and 2; Att. 1.13.5; Sest. 62; Quintil. Inst. Or. 9.3.50; Plut. Cic. 23.2-3; Cat. Min. 26-29; Suet. Iul. 16; Gell. 18.7.7; Dio 37.42-44; Schol. Bob. 82, and 134 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 289 Stangl cf. Cic. Mur. 81, on his proposals
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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)

Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 60 BCE (Consul)

P. (Licinius) Crassus Dives (): 60 BCE (Aedile) , 57 BCE (Praetor)

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L. Calpurnius Bestia (24)
2 magistracies
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Broughton: A Catilinarian sympathizer, who in their plan was to give the signal for action by attacking Cicero (a). Taking office with Nepos on December 10, 63, he joined him in his attack on Cicero (b). See above, on Metellus Nepos.

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C. Julius Caesar (): 62 BCE (Praetor) , 59 BCE (Consul)

M. Calpurnius Bibulus (): 62 BCE (Praetor) , 59 BCE (Consul)

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L. Fabricius
uncertain
1 magistracy
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Broughton: As Curator Viarum, possibly as Tribune of the Plebs, he completed the Pons Fabricius over the Tiber (a; see 68, Tribunes of the Plebs, and note 8, on Volcatius).

MT: The bridge stands to this day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pons_Fabricius

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) CIL 12.2.751-ILS 5892; Dio 37.45.3
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L. Marius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Joined with Cato to carry a law requiring all who demanded a triumph to report on oath the number of the enemy killed and their own losses (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Val. Max. 2. 8. 1, with Mss reading Marius, not Marcius
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Q. Minucius Thermus (pr. 58)
3 magistracies
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Broughton: Aided Cato against the proposal of Metellus Nepos to summon Pompey (a).

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

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M. Porcius Cato (pr. 54)
3 magistracies , aged 33 at this time
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Broughton: Sought election in order to oppose Metellus Nepos (a). As Tribune Designate he accused Murena of bribery (see above, Consuls), and by his speech in the Senate secured the decision in favor of putting the Catilinarian conspirators to death (b; see above, Consuls, on Silanus). As Tribune, he stood strongly in opposition to the proposals of Metellus Nepos (see above, on Nepos and Minucius), and with Marius carried a law regarding the requirements for triumphs (see above, on Marius). He influenced the Senate to cheapen the distributions of grain at a cost to the treasury of 1250 talents (c).

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