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Consuls

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

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  • 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)
2 magistracies
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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

Praetors

Q
Q. Arrius (pr. 73)
1 magistracy , aged 39 at this time
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

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C. Claudius Glaber
1 magistracy
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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
1 magistracy
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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)

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  • Broughton, MRR2
Marcus Licinius Crassus (cos. 70)
M. Licinius Crassus (cos. 70)
3 magistracies , aged 42 at this time
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Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law. See 72, Promagistrates and note 2.

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

Cn. Pompeius Magnus (): 70 BCE (Consul) , 55 BCE (Consul)

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

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  • Broughton, MRR2
P
P. Varinius
2 magistracies , aged 37 at this time
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Broughton: Praetor (a). Severely defeated in several engagements with Spartacus (b). See, 72, Promagistrates.

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Quaestors

Gaius Octavius
C. Octavius
3 magistracies , aged 27 at this time
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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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M. Valerius Messalla Niger (cos. 61) (): 73 BCE (Quaestor) , 64 BCE (Praetor) , 61 BCE (Consul)

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

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

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M. Postumius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Served under Verres in Eastern Sicily (a).

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C. Toranius
2 magistracies
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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)

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

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

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

T
T. Vettius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Quaestor under Verres in Sicily (a).

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  • Broughton, MRR2

Tribune of the Plebs

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