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M. Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73)
1 magistracy , aged 43 at this time

Broughton: The Consuls together carried a grain law (a). Lucullus may have begun his term of command in Macedonia in this year (b; see 72, Promagistrates).

Sources (3)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.896; SIG³ 747; Cic. Verr. 2.1.60; Cluent. 137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 486f. (M. [Teren]tius M. f. [- n. Var]r. Lucull., C. Ca[ssiu]s L. f. [-]); Chr. 354 (Varro et Licinio); Fast. Hyd. (Marco Lucullo et Cassio Longino); Chr. Pasc. (#); Oros. 5.24.1; Cassiod.; and on Lucullus, Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl.
    • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.3.163 and 173; and 5.52; Sall. Hist. 3.48.19 M
    • (b) Cic. Verr. 2.2.24; Ps.-Ascon. 261 Stangl
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C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (): 73 BCE (Consul)

C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cossinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73)
2 magistracies

Broughton: The Consuls together carried a grain law (a). Lucullus may have begun his term of command in Macedonia in this year (b; see 72, Promagistrates).

Sources (3)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.896; SIG³ 747; Cic. Verr. 2.1.60; Cluent. 137; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 486f. (M. [Teren]tius M. f. [- n. Var]r. Lucull., C. Ca[ssiu]s L. f. [-]); Chr. 354 (Varro et Licinio); Fast. Hyd. (Marco Lucullo et Cassio Longino); Chr. Pasc. (#); Oros. 5.24.1; Cassiod.; and on Lucullus, Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl.
    • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.3.163 and 173; and 5.52; Sall. Hist. 3.48.19 M
    • (b) Cic. Verr. 2.2.24; Ps.-Ascon. 261 Stangl
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M. Terentius Varro Lucullus (cos. 73) (): 73 BCE (Consul)

M. Iunius Iuncus (): 76 BCE (Praetor)

M. Terentius Varro (): 76 BCE (Praetor)

C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

C. Scribonius Curio (): 76 BCE (Consul)

Praetors

Q. Arrius (pr. 73)
1 magistracy , aged 39 at this time

MT: No further comments in MRR2

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C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cossinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

C. Claudius Glaber
1 magistracy

Broughton: Attempted unsuccessfully to hem in Spartacus and his followers on Mt. Vesuvius (a). (1)

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Plut. Crass 9.2; Frontin. Str. 1.5.21; Flor. 2.8.4; Oros. 5.24.1; cf. Sall. Hist. 3.90-3 M; Liv. Per. 95; Plut. Crass. 8-9; App. BC 1. 116 (1) The name of Claudius is preserved in full in SIG³ 747. The epitomizer of Livy mistakenly calls him Pulcher and gives his title as Legatus, while Appian has combined the names of the two Praetors into the single name Varinius Glaber (see Münzer, Philologue 55 [1896] 387-389) and probably substituted the name P. Valerius for Varinius. As the operations of Varinius began in the autumn of 73 (Sall. Hist. 2.86 M) and probably continued into 72 there may be a sound basis for the title procos. attributed to him in Frontinus
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L. Cossinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Arrius (pr. 73) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cossinius
1 magistracy

Broughton: A colleague who was sent to advise and assist Varinius against Spartacus, but was almost captured himself and fell in battle (a). See below, on Varinius. (1)

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
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C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Arrius (pr. 73) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70)
3 magistracies , aged 42 at this time

Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. See 72, Promagistrates and note 2.

Sources (1)
  • MRR2
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Cn. Pompeius Magnus (): 70 BCE (Consul) , 55 BCE (Consul)

C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cossinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Valerius
1 magistracy

Broughton: Sent against Spartacus in addition to Varinius (a). Willems (1.455) suggests that he was also a Praetor. See note 1.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
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C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cossinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Arrius (pr. 73) (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

P. Varinius
2 magistracies , aged 37 at this time

Broughton: Praetor (a). Severely defeated in several engagements with Spartacus (b). See, 72, Promagistrates.

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C. Antonius Hibrida (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

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

C. Claudius Glaber (): 73 BCE (Praetor)

C. Orchivius (): 66 BCE (Praetor)

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

Quaestors

C. Octavius
3 magistracies , aged 27 at this time

MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 199-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.75b. See below, on his colleague Toranius
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L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor) , 61 BCE (Consul)

C. Toranius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

A. Gabinius (): 61 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cornelius Lentulus Niger (pr. 61) (): 61 BCE (Praetor)

M. Postumius
1 magistracy

Broughton: Served under Verres in Eastern Sicily (a).

Sources (1)
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C. Octavius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Toranius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

T. Vettius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (): 73 BCE (Consul)

C. Toranius
2 magistracies

Broughton: Served under P. Varinius, and was also defeated by Spartacus (a). (1)

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Sall. Hist. 3.96 M; Flor. 2.8.5 (1) The spelling Thoranius in Sall. and Flor. is corrected to Toranius by Münzer on basis of ILS 47-Inser. Ital. 13.3.75 b.
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C. Octavius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (): 64 BCE (Aedile)

M. Postumius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

T. Vettius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61)
3 magistracies , aged 31 at this time

Broughton: The interval between this year and his consulship is the same as that between Cicero's quaestorship and consulship. (a)

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Elogium, CIL 12.1, p. 201-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.77.
    • (a) See Münzer, Gent. Val. 52, no. 59.
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C. Octavius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

M. Pupius Piso Frugi (cos. 61) (): 61 BCE (Consul)

C. Toranius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Aedile)

L. Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (cos. 58) (): 64 BCE (Aedile) , 61 BCE (Praetor)

M. Petreius (): 64 BCE (Praetor)

T. Vettius
1 magistracy

Broughton: Quaestor under Verres in Sicily (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
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C. Octavius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Toranius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

M. Postumius (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (): 73 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73) (): 73 BCE (Consul)

Tribune of the Plebs

C. Licinius Macer
2 magistracies , aged 35 at this time

Broughton: He agitated for the restoration of the powers of the tribunate (a), and, perhaps in this year, accused C. Rabirius of sacrilege (b).

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Bellinus (Bellienus 1) (): 68 BCE (Praetor)

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

L. Quinctius (): 68 BCE (Praetor)

L. Sergius Catilina (): 68 BCE (Praetor)

P. Autronius Paetus (): 68 BCE (Praetor)