63 BCE · Magistrates

Consuls

M. Tullius Cicero

4 magistracies , aged 43 at this time

Broughton: The candidacy and election of Antonius are referred to in (a). He was allotted Cisalpine Gaul, but received Macedonia when Cicero refused to go (b). He was suspected of involvement in the conspiracy of Catiline (c), but in late October received the command against him in Etruria (d). He joined in carrying a severe law against bribery (e). Full references to the actions of Cicero in his consulship are in (f).

Sources (7)

Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.750, 907-909; Cic. Cael. 74; Sall. Cat. 24.1; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170, and see also 131, 490f.; Strabo 10.2.13, 455c; Plin. NH 8.213; Joseph. Ai 14.66; Suet. Aug. 5; Flor. 2.12.5; Die 37, Index, and 10.4; Obseq. 61; Eutrop. 6.15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Paw.; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 80 Stangl.
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.1.1.; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8-9; Ascon., on Cic. Tog. Cand., passim, esp. 37, 93-94 C; Plut. Cic. 11
- (b) Cic. Pis. 5; Fam. 5.5, and cf. Sall. Cat. 26.4; Plut. Cic. 12.4; Dio 37.33.4
- (c) Cic. Sest. 8 and 12, cf. Cat. 3.14; Plut. Cic. 12.1-3; Dio 37.30.3, and 39.3; Schol. Bob. 126 Stangl
- (d) Sall. Cat. 36.3; and on the date, Gic. Mur. 84
- (e) Cic. Mur. 3 and 47 and 67 Sest. 133; Vat. 37; Planc. 83; Dio 37.29.1; Schol. Bob. 79, 140, 166 Stangl
- (f) D.-G. 5.449ff.; and the article by Gelzer in RE 7A.865ff

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C. Antonius Hibrida (): 66 BCE (Praetor) , 63 BCE (Consul)

M. Caesonius (): 69 BCE (Aedile) , 66 BCE (Praetor)

P. Sulpicius Galba (): 69 BCE (Aedile) , 66 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Cornificius (): 69 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 66 BCE (Praetor)

C. Aquilius Gallus (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

C. Antonius Hibrida

3 magistracies

MT: Hibrida’s consulship (with Cicero) is confirmed by inscriptions, fasti, and many literary sources. He got Macedonia as his province, was suspected in Catiline’s conspiracy but then commanded against him, and helped pass a strong anti-bribery law.

Sources (7)

Broughton, MRR2
- CIL 12.2.750, 907-909; Cic. Cael. 74; Sall. Cat. 24.1; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170, and see also 131, 490f.; Strabo 10.2.13, 455c; Plin. NH 8.213; Joseph. Ai 14.66; Suet. Aug. 5; Flor. 2.12.5; Die 37, Index, and 10.4; Obseq. 61; Eutrop. 6.15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Paw.; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 80 Stangl.
- (a) Cic. Att. 1.1.1.; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8-9; Ascon., on Cic. Tog. Cand., passim, esp. 37, 93-94 C; Plut. Cic. 11
- (b) Cic. Pis. 5; Fam. 5.5, and cf. Sall. Cat. 26.4; Plut. Cic. 12.4; Dio 37.33.4
- (c) Cic. Sest. 8 and 12, cf. Cat. 3.14; Plut. Cic. 12.1-3; Dio 37.30.3, and 39.3; Schol. Bob. 126 Stangl
- (d) Sall. Cat. 36.3; and on the date, Gic. Mur. 84
- (e) Cic. Mur. 3 and 47 and 67 Sest. 133; Vat. 37; Planc. 83; Dio 37.29.1; Schol. Bob. 79, 140, 166 Stangl
- (f) D.-G. 5.449ff.; and the article by Gelzer in RE 7A.865ff

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M. Tullius Cicero (): 66 BCE (Praetor) , 63 BCE (Consul)

Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (): 68 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Aquilius Gallus (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

C. Orchivius (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cassius Longinus (pr. 66) (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

Praetors

Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60)

4 magistracies , aged 41 at this time

Broughton: He refused to accept custody of Catiline when the latter was prosecuted under the Lex Plautia de vi (a). He raised forces in the Ager Picenus and the Ager Gallicus (b).

Sources (3)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Sull. 65; Val. Max. 7.7.7; Dio 37.27.3.
- (a) Cic. Cat. 1. 19; Dio 3 7.32.2
- (b) Cic. Cat. 2.5-6 and 26; Fam. 5.2.1; Sall. Cat. 30.5; 42.3; 57.2; Plut. Cic. 16.1

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Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos (cos. 57) (): 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. Afranius (): 60 BCE (Consul)

L. Roscius Otho (): 67 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 63 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura

4 magistracies , aged 51 at this time

Broughton: Praetor a second time, thus rehabilitating himself after his expulsion from the Senate in 70. One of the chief leaders in the conspiracy of Catiline, he signed the letter to the Allobroges, was compelled to abdicate his office, and was put to death.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Cat. 3.4 and 6-16 and 22 and 25; 4.4 and 5 and 10 and 12 and 17; Sull. 16 and 30 and 33 and 53 and 70 and 75-76; Flacc. 95-97; Sall. Cat. 17.3; 32.2; 39.6-40.6; 43.1; 44.1; 47.2-4; 48.4; 50.1; 51.7; 52.17; 55; 57.1; 58.4; Diod. 40.5, in FHG 2.xxvi; Liv. Per. 102; Vell. 2.34.3-4, and 35.3; Lucan 2.543; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.10.30; Iuven. 10.287; Plut. Cic. 17-22, and 24.1; Caes. 7.4.; Cat. Min. 22.2; App. BC 2.2-6; Flor. 2.18.3-11; Dio 37.30.4-36.4, and 39.1; 38.14.5; 46.20.2 and 5; Jerome Chr. ad ann. 62, p. 154 Helm; Schol. Gron. 284 Stangl

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Cn. Aufidius Orestes (): 71 BCE (Consul)

L. Valerius Flaccus (): 71 BCE (Quaestor) , 63 BCE (Praetor)

M. Antonius Creticus (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cosconius

2 magistracies , aged 40 at this time

Broughton: Kept the record of the evidence against the Catilinarian conspirators.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Sull. 42

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A. Sempronius Asellio (): 89 BCE (Praetor)

Ap. Claudius Pulcher (): 89 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

Cn. Papirius Carbo (): 89 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Pompeius Rufus (pr. 63)

1 magistracy

Broughton: Sent to guard Capua and its gladiatorial schools against the Catilinarian conspirators.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Sall. Cat. 30.5; See D.–G. 4.323, no. 14.

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C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Roscius Otho (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Flaccus (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius

1 magistracy , aged 40 at this time

Broughton: Aided in the arrest of the Allobrogian envoys, and the capture of the letters which incriminated the Catilinarian conspirators.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Cat. 3.5 and 14; Flacc. 102; Sall. Cat. 45; cf. Cic. Prov. Cons. 32; See Lübker 839.

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C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Roscius Otho (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Flaccus (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Roscius Otho

2 magistracies

Broughton: Was hissed in the theater for his tribunician bill reserving the fourteen rows for the knights (see 67, Tribunes of the Plebs), and championed by Cicero, the Consul. He was probably Praetor (a).

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Plut. Cic. 13, with the praenomen Marcus, cf. Fragments of Cicero's speech, ed. Müller, 4.3, p. 209; Macrob. Sat. 3.14.12

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Q. Caecilius Metellus Celer (cos. 60) (): 67 BCE (Aedile) , 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Flaccus (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius

1 magistracy

Broughton: Found the collection of weapons at the home of Cethegus, one of the Catilinarian conspirators.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Cat. 3.8; Plut. Cic. 19.2

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C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Roscius Otho (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Flaccus (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Flaccus

2 magistracies

MT: Assisted Pomptinus in the arrest of the Allobrogian envoys.

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Cat. 3.5 and 14; Flacc. 1 and 5 and 94-95 and 102; Pis. 54; Att. 2.25.1; Sall. Cat. 45; 46.6; Caes. BC 3.53. 1; See Münzer, Gent. Val. 43, no. 28.

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P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 71 BCE (Consul) , 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Pomptinus Pontinius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

C. Sulpicius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

L. Roscius Otho (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

Aediles

P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57)

4 magistracies , aged 37 at this time

MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 15; Off. 2.57; Sall. Cat. 47.5; Nepos, fr. 18, and 25 Peter.

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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)

L. Culleolus (): 60 BCE (Praetor)

M. Attius Balbus (): 60 BCE (Praetor)

Quaestors

Sex. Atilius Serranus Gavianus

2 magistracies

MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. P. Red. ad Quir. 12.

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P. Sestius (): 63 BCE (Quaestor) , 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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

C. Cestilius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Messius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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

T. Fadius Gallus

2 magistracies

Broughton: The Quaestor especially attached to Cicero's service. (MRR2)

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 21; cf. Fam. 7.23-27

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P. Sestius (): 63 BCE (Quaestor) , 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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

C. Cestilius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Messius (): 57 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

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

P. Sestius

3 magistracies

Broughton: Returned first at the polls, he was especially attached to the staff of C. Antonius, but aided Cicero at Capua, and then returned to Rome, and at the end of the year joined Antonius in Etruria. (MRR2)

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Sest. 8-11; Vat. 11-12; cf. Cat. 1.21; Schol. Bob. 126 Stangl

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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)

C. Fannius (pr. 54) (): 54 BCE (Praetor)

P. Vatinius

4 magistracies , aged 32 at this time

Broughton: Elected last, he was allotted the provincia aquaria. Sent by Cicero to Puteoli to prevent the export of precious metals (MRR2)

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- Cic. Vat. 11-12; See Lübker 1094, no. 2.

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Q. Caecilius Metellus Scipio (cos. 52) (): 59 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 55 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Fufius Calenus (): 59 BCE (Praetor) , 47 BCE (Consul)

C. Julius Caesar (): 59 BCE (Consul) , 47 BCE (Dictator)

Gutta (not in RE) (): 55 BCE (Praetor)

P. Plautius Hypsaeus (): 55 BCE (Praetor)

Tribune of the Plebs

T. Ampius Balbus

2 magistracies

Broughton: Joined Labienus in carrying a law permitting Pompey to wear the dress of a triumphator at the games (a).

Sources (1)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Vell. 2.40.4; Dio 37.21.3-4

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Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus (pr. 59) (): 59 BCE (Praetor)

L. Appuleius Saturninus (): 59 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Fufius Calenus (): 59 BCE (Praetor)

T. Vettius Sabinus Quaestio (): 59 BCE (Praetor)

C. Julius Caesar (): 59 BCE (Consul)

L. Caecilius Rufus

3 magistracies

Broughton: Proposed a bill to restore civil rights to P. Autronius Paetus and P. Cornelius Sulla (a). Promised to veto the bill of Rullus (see below).

Sources (2)

Broughton, MRR2
- Elogium, CIL 12.2.761-ILS 880
- (a) Cic. Sull. 62-66, cf. Leg. Agr. 2.10; Dio 37.25.3

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Ap. Claudius Pulcher (): 57 BCE (Praetor)

C. Caecilius Cornutus (): 57 BCE (Praetor)

C. Septimius (): 57 BCE (Praetor)

M. Calidius (): 57 BCE (Praetor)

P. (Licinius) Crassus Dives (): 57 BCE (Praetor)

T. Labienus

1 magistracy , aged 37 at this time

Broughton: Carried a bill instituting the trial of Rabirius for treason (a); and a law to restore the election of priests(1) to the people as under the Lex Domitia of 104 (b). See above, on Ampius Balbus.

Sources (3)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Rab. Perd., passim; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.13.20; Dio 37.26.1-28.4, and 37.2; cf. Cic. Pis. 4; Att. 2.1.3
- (b) Dio 37.37.1-2
- (1) The election of the Pontifex Maximus was probably not affected by these laws (L. B,. Taylor, CPh 37 [1942] 421 ff.; see Pontifices), but remained according to the ancient procedure.

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

P. Servilius Rullus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

T. Ampius Balbus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Antonius Hibrida (): 63 BCE (Consul)

C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)

P. Servilius Rullus

1 magistracy

Broughton: The author of an agrarian bill in which he proposed to set up a commission of ten, elected for five years with imperium, to found colonies and assign public lands in Italy and the provinces, and to use booty and public funds for the purchase of land (a). The bill was successfully opposed by Cicero and threatened with a veto by Caecilius (b).

Sources (2)

Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Leg. Agr. I, II, and III, passim; Rab. Perd. 32; Att. 2.1.3; Sull. 65; Pis. 4; Plin. NH 7.117; 8.210; Plut. Cic. 12.2-5; Dio 37.25.4
- (b) Cic. Sull. 65

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

T. Ampius Balbus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

T. Labienus (): 63 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Antonius Hibrida (): 63 BCE (Consul)

C. Cosconius (): 63 BCE (Praetor)