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Lucius Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74)
L. Licinius Lucullus
5 magistracies , aged 43 at this time
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Broughton: In Rome Lucullus checked the Tribune Quinctius (a; see Tribunes of the Plebs). He had been assigned the province of Cisalpine Gaul, but upon the death of Octavius, Proconsul in Cilicia, early in the year (see Promagistrates), he intrigued to get this province and the command against Mithridates (b). He received also command of the former armies of Fimbria and of Servilius Isauricus (c), and probably also the province of Asia (d; and see 70, Promagistrates, on Lucullus). Cotta received command of a fleet to protect his province of Bithynia and the Propontis, but was defeated on sea and on land, and shut up in Chalcedon until Lucullus relieved him (e). The latter checked the forces of Mithridates in a battle at the Rhyndacus river, and during the winter of 74-73 brought him to disaster in a trap as he was besieging Cyzicus (f).

Sources (7)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.740, and 954; SIG³ 746, 747–I. de Delos 4.1.1758, cf. 4.2.2514 bis; Cic. Verr. 2.5.34; Sall. Hist. 2.98 M, at the end; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 130, 486f. (L. [Liciniu]s L. f. L. n. Lucullus, M. Au[re]lius M. [f. - n. Cotta]); Eutrop. 6.6; Chr. 354 (Lucullo et Cotta); Fast. Hyd. (Lucullo et Micotta), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Lucullus, Cic. Cluent. 137; CIL 12.1, p. 196-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.84; Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl; and on Cotta, Ascon. 66C.
    • (a) Sall. Hist. 3.48.11 M
    • (b) Plut. Luc. 6-7; App. Mith. 72; cf. Cic. Mur. 33; Acad. 2.1; Sall. Hist. 2.98M, at the end
    • (c) Cic. Flacc. 85; Sall. Hist. 3.19, and 33M; Plut. Luc. 7.1-3; 34.2; App. Mith. 72; Memnon 40 in FGrH 2 B.356; Porphyr. on Hor. Epist. 2.2.26; Dio 36.14.3, and 15.3, and 16.3, and 46.1
    • (d) Cic. Flacc. 85; Vell. 2.33.1; Plut. Luc. 7.1; Memnon 37 in FGrH 2B.355; cf. Dio 36.2.2
    • (e) Cic. Mur. 33; Sall. Hist. 3.23-24M; 4.69.13M; Liv. Per. 93; CIL 12.1, . p. 196-Inser. Ital. 13.3.84; Plut. Luc. 5.1; 6.5; 8.1-3; App. Mith. 71; Menmon 37-39 in FGrH 3B.355f.; Eutrop. 6.6.2; Auct. Vir. Ill. 74.4; Oros. 6.2.13
    • (f) Cic. Leg. Man. 20-21; Mur. 33; Sall. Hist. 3.17-42M; 4.69.4 and 13-14M; Liv. Per. 94-95; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.84-ILS 60; Strabo 12.8.11, 575-576c; Diod., excerpt in FHG 2, xxiv; Frontin. Str. 3.13.6; Plut. Luc. 8.1-12.2, cf. Sert. 24.3-4; App. Mith. 72-76; Flor. 1.40.12-18; Memnon 37-40 in FGrH 3B.355f.; Eutrop. 6.6.2; Oros. 6.2.12-24; cf. CIL 12.2.743–ILS 37
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M. Aurelius Cotta (cos. 74) (): 74 BCE (Consul)

C. Aurelius Cotta (): 78 BCE (Praetor)

L. Octavius (): 78 BCE (Praetor)

L. Valerius Trianius (): 78 BCE (Praetor)

Terentius Varro (): 78 BCE (Praetor)

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M. Aurelius Cotta (cos. 74)
2 magistracies
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Broughton: In Rome Lucullus checked the Tribune Quinctius (a; see Tribunes of the Plebs). He had been assigned the province of Cisalpine Gaul, but upon the death of Octavius, Proconsul in Cilicia, early in the year (see Promagistrates), he intrigued to get this province and the command against Mithridates (b). He received also command of the former armies of Fimbria and of Servilius Isauricus (c), and probably also the province of Asia (d; and see 70, Promagistrates, on Lucullus). Cotta received command of a fleet to protect his province of Bithynia and the Propontis, but was defeated on sea and on land, and shut up in Chalcedon until Lucullus relieved him (e). The latter checked the forces of Mithridates in a battle at the Rhyndacus river, and during the winter of 74-73 brought him to disaster in a trap as he was besieging Cyzicus (f).

Sources (7)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.740, and 954; SIG³ 746, 747–I. de Delos 4.1.1758, cf. 4.2.2514 bis; Cic. Verr. 2.5.34; Sall. Hist. 2.98 M, at the end; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 130, 486f. (L. [Liciniu]s L. f. L. n. Lucullus, M. Au[re]lius M. [f. - n. Cotta]); Eutrop. 6.6; Chr. 354 (Lucullo et Cotta); Fast. Hyd. (Lucullo et Micotta), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Lucullus, Cic. Cluent. 137; CIL 12.1, p. 196-Inscr. Ital. 13.3.84; Ps.-Ascon. 222 Stangl; and on Cotta, Ascon. 66C.
    • (a) Sall. Hist. 3.48.11 M
    • (b) Plut. Luc. 6-7; App. Mith. 72; cf. Cic. Mur. 33; Acad. 2.1; Sall. Hist. 2.98M, at the end
    • (c) Cic. Flacc. 85; Sall. Hist. 3.19, and 33M; Plut. Luc. 7.1-3; 34.2; App. Mith. 72; Memnon 40 in FGrH 2 B.356; Porphyr. on Hor. Epist. 2.2.26; Dio 36.14.3, and 15.3, and 16.3, and 46.1
    • (d) Cic. Flacc. 85; Vell. 2.33.1; Plut. Luc. 7.1; Memnon 37 in FGrH 2B.355; cf. Dio 36.2.2
    • (e) Cic. Mur. 33; Sall. Hist. 3.23-24M; 4.69.13M; Liv. Per. 93; CIL 12.1, . p. 196-Inser. Ital. 13.3.84; Plut. Luc. 5.1; 6.5; 8.1-3; App. Mith. 71; Menmon 37-39 in FGrH 3B.355f.; Eutrop. 6.6.2; Auct. Vir. Ill. 74.4; Oros. 6.2.13
    • (f) Cic. Leg. Man. 20-21; Mur. 33; Sall. Hist. 3.17-42M; 4.69.4 and 13-14M; Liv. Per. 94-95; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.84-ILS 60; Strabo 12.8.11, 575-576c; Diod., excerpt in FHG 2, xxiv; Frontin. Str. 3.13.6; Plut. Luc. 8.1-12.2, cf. Sert. 24.3-4; App. Mith. 72-76; Flor. 1.40.12-18; Memnon 37-40 in FGrH 3B.355f.; Eutrop. 6.6.2; Oros. 6.2.12-24; cf. CIL 12.2.743–ILS 37
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

L. Licinius Lucullus (): 74 BCE (Consul)

Cn. Aufidius Orestes (): 77 BCE (Praetor)

M. Junius Silanus (): 77 BCE (Praetor)

Sex. Peducaeus (pr. 77) (): 77 BCE (Praetor)

C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

Praetors

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M. Antonius Creticus
1 magistracy
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Broughton: He was invested by special enactment with an imperium infinitum, almost certainly pro consule, in order to combat piracy throughout the Mediterranean area (a). His operations in the first year were limited to the west, Liguria, Spain, and Sicily (b; see 73-71, Promagistrates). (2)

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.2.8, and 3.213; Liv. Per. 97; Vell. 2.31.3-4; Ps.-Ascon. 202, and 259 Stangl; Cf. IG² 4.1.66, and SEG 11.397
    • (b) Cic. Div. in Caec. 55; Verr. 2.2.8, and 3.213-218; Sall. Hist. 3.4-7M; Tac. Ann. 12.62; App. Sic. 6; Lact. Inst. -Div. 1.11.32; Ps.-Ascon. 202 Stangl (2) Livy terms Antonius praetor, while Cicero refers to his imperium infinitum, and Ps. Ascon. to his curatio infinita. According to Velleius the Senate decreed to Antonius in praetura the same imperium as Pompey later received under the Gabinian law: imperium aequum in omnibus provinciis cum proconsulibus usque ad quinquagesimum, miliarium a mari. On the date and duration of the operations of Antonius, see Foucart, Jour. des Savants 1906, 569-581; cf. Hatzfeld, Italiens traliquants dans l´Orient hellenique, 80-82.
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P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Coelius (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus
2 magistracies , aged 35 at this time
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Broughton: A candidate in 75 (a). The praetorship of Metellus may be dated between 74 and 72, preferably in 74 since both Consuls supported him at the elections in 75 (Sall.). But Cicero does not refer to him as a colleague of Verres in this office.

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Q. Hortensius Hortalus (): 69 BCE (Consul)

C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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

M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi
2 magistracies
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Broughton: A colleague of Verres. Vetoed many of his edicts (a).

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C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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

M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Coelius (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P
P. Coelius
1 magistracy
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

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C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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

M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura
4 magistracies , aged 40 at this time
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Broughton: Vell. 2.34.4. A certain Terentius Varro, probably A. Terentius Varro (see 75, Praetors, on Furius; 82, Legates; and 77, Promagistrates, on A. Terentius Varro), was accused before him of extortion in Asia, with Hortensius as advocate for the defence, and acquitted by a vote in which the marked ballots of the jury caused a scandal. (4)

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Ps.-Ascon. 193, and 218 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 349 Stangl; cf. Cic. Cluent. 130; Div. in Caec. 24; Verr. 1.17, 35, 40, 47; Porphyr. and Ps.-Acro on Hor. Sat. 2.1.49 (4) Magic's acute observation that the trial and acquittal of Terentius Varro took place several months after the notorious iudicium Junianum in 74 places the praetorship of Lentulus Sura in 74 (not 75, where Münzer put it), and shows that he cannot be the governor of Sicily who is mentioned in Pliny (NH 7.55). On the identification of Terentius Varro, see 82, Legates; and 77, Promagistrates. On both questions, see Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor, 2.1125, note 42.
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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)

G
C. Verres
2 magistracies , aged 40 at this time
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Verr. 2.1.102-158 passim; 2.1.34, and 5.34; Cluent. 91; Ps.-Ascon. 216, 255, and 257 Stangl.
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L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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

M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74) (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Coelius (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

M
M. Claudius Marcellus (pr. 74)
2 magistracies
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Broughton: M. Claudius Marcellus (226), Praetor, uncertain date; M. Claudius M. f. Arn. Marcellus (227), Praetor, uncertain date. The former was senior legate of Marius in 102 (MRR 1.569, 570, note 6), whom Sumner considers to be already a praetorius (a). He was also a senior legate under L. Iulius Caesar in 90 and was the defender of Aesernia under siege (b). He had already come under attack from L. Licinius Crassus, Cos. 95, in the later 90s and was acquitted (c). Sumner distinguishes him from the curule aedile of 91 (d), and with Munzer on RE no. 227 identifies the latter with the M. Claudius M. f. Arn. Marcellus, the senior praetorius listed in the consilium of 73 (e), who must have held the praetorship many years before. It is not certain how offices should be divided between nos. 226 and 227 (f).

MT: citation above taken from and confirmed in DPPR

Sources (6)
  • Broughton, MMR3
    • (a) Orators 91-93
    • (b) E. Gabba, Comm. on App. BC 1.4042; cf. MRR 2.28
    • (c) Cic. Font. 24; Val. Max. 8.5.3; cf. Gruen, RPCC 194, 204
    • (d) Orators 93; cf. MRR 2.21, note 7
    • (e) SIG(3) 747; Sherk, RDGE 133-138, no. 23
    • (f) Sumner, loc. cit.; Syme, CPh 50, 1955, 132
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C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

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

P. Coelius (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Sura (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

Aediles

M
M. Seius
1 magistracy
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Plin. NH 15.2; 18.16, with praenomen T.; cf. Cic. Planc. 12, elected over M. Pupius Piso; Off. 2.58.
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C. Urbinius (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Verres (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi (): 74 BCE (Praetor)

L. Licinius Lucullus (): 74 BCE (Consul)

Quaestors

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Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56)
4 magistracies , aged 26 at this time
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Grueber, CRRBM 2.358-360.
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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)

L. Marcius Philippus (cos. 56) (): 56 BCE (Consul)

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

L. Culleolus (): 60 BCE (Praetor)

P
P. Cornelius Lentitlus Marcellinus
probable
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Sent as Quaestor, probably with imperium, to the province of Cyrene (a). See 75, note 4.

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Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

C. Urbinius (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Plaetorius Cestianus (q. 74) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

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P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57)
4 magistracies , aged 26 at this time
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Broughton: Quaestor Urbanus (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Grueber, CRRBM 1.406; ca. 72, Sydenham, lxiii
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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)

L
L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62)
3 magistracies
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Broughton: MRR2: Licinius Murena and Sulpicius Rufus were colleagues in the quaestorship (a), with careers closely parallel to that of Cicero. As they are not named as colleagues of Cicero, and Murena soon afterwards became a Legate under Lucullus (see 73, Legates), I list them as Quaestors in 74.

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Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (cos. 51) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor) , 65 BCE (Praetor)

D. Junius Silanus (): 62 BCE (Consul)

C. Attius Celsus RE (): 65 BCE (Praetor)

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

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

P
P. Oppius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Served under M. Aurelius Cotta in Bithynia (a; see 73-71, Promagistrates).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Dio 36.40.3
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C. Urbinius (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Plaetorius Cestianus (q. 74) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentitlus Marcellinus (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

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L. Plaetorius Cestianus (q. 74)
probable
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Grueber (a) dates him in 74, Sobeck (48) before 66, when Cicero refers to him as a senator (b). Dated ca. 72 by Sydenham (Ixiii).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) CRRBM 1.404f.
    • (b) Cluent. 165
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C. Urbinius (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentitlus Marcellinus (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

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Ser. Sulpicius Rufus (cos. 51)
3 magistracies , aged 32 at this time
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MT: No further comments in MRR2

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L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor) , 65 BCE (Praetor)

M. Claudius Marcellus (cos. 51) (): 51 BCE (Consul)

C. Attius Celsus RE (): 65 BCE (Praetor)

P. Orbius (): 65 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Gallius (pr. 65) (): 65 BCE (Praetor)

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C. Urbinius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Served under Metellus Pius in Farther Spain (a).

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Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (cos. 56) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Licinius Murena (cos. 62) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

L. Plaetorius Cestianus (q. 74) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentitlus Marcellinus (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther (cos. 57) (): 74 BCE (Quaestor)

Tribune of the Plebs

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L. Quinctius
2 magistracies , aged 43 at this time
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Broughton: His agitation for restoration of the powers of the tribunate was checked by Lucullus (a). Defended Oppianicus, and after his condemnation secured the conviction of C. Iunius, the Iudex Quaestionis, and prosecuted Falcula, one of the jurors (b).

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Cluent. 110-112; Sall. Hist. 3.48.11M; Plut. Luc. 5.4; Ps.-Ascon. 189 Stangl
    • (b) Cic. Cluent. 72-96, 103-116 passim, 119, 136-138, 178; Verr. 1.29; 2.1.157; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.13.39; Ps.-Ascon. 206, 216, and 255f. Stangl; Schol. Gron. 328, and 351 Stangl; Schol. on Pers. Sat. 2.19
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Bellinus (Bellienus 1) (): 68 BCE (Praetor)

C. Licinius Macer (): 68 BCE (Praetor)

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

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

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