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Consuls

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Cn. Octavius
2 magistracies , aged 43 at this time
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Broughton: Curio opposed the efforts of the Tribune Sicinius (see below) to restore the position of the tribunate (a), and proceeded before the end of the year to Macedonia as successor to the deceased Proconsul Ap. Claudius (b).

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  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.894, 895, 952; Cic. Brut. 216-222, and Quintil. Inst. Or. 11.3.129; Sall. Hist. 2.26M; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f. 130, 486f (Cn. Octavius M. f. Cn. n., C. Scr[ib]onius [C. f. - n.] Cur[io]); Fenestella fr. 18 Peter, with Lactant. Ira Dei 22; Plin. NH 2. 100; Obseq. 59; Chr. 354 (Octavio et Curio); Fast. Hyd. (Octavio et Curione), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Octavius, Cic. Fin. 2.93; Schol. Bob. 177 Stangl.
    • (a) Cic. Brut. 216-222, and Quintil. Inst. Or. 11.3.129; Sall. Hist. 3.48.10M; Val. Max. 9.14.5; cf. Sall. Hist. 2.25M; Plin. NH 7.55
    • (b) Frontin. Str. 4.1.43; cf. Sall. Hist. 2.80M; Obseq. 59
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M. Terentius Varro (): 79 BCE (Aedile) , 76 BCE (Praetor)

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C. Scribonius Curio
3 magistracies
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Broughton: Curio opposed the efforts of the Tribune Sicinius (see below) to restore the position of the tribunate (a), and proceeded before the end of the year to Macedonia as successor to the deceased Proconsul Ap. Claudius (b).

Sources (3)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.894, 895, 952; Cic. Brut. 216-222, and Quintil. Inst. Or. 11.3.129; Sall. Hist. 2.26M; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f. 130, 486f (Cn. Octavius M. f. Cn. n., C. Scr[ib]onius [C. f. - n.] Cur[io]); Fenestella fr. 18 Peter, with Lactant. Ira Dei 22; Pfin. NH 2. 100; Obseq. 59; Chr. 354 (Octavio et Curio); Fast. Hyd. (Octavio et Curione), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Octavius, Cic. Fin. 2.93; Schol. Bob. 177 Stangl.
    • (a) Cic. Brut. 216-222, and Quintil. Inst. Or. 11.3.129; Sall. Hist. 3.48.10M; Val. Max. 9.14.5; cf. Sall. Hist. 2.25M; Plin. NH 7.55
    • (b) Frontin. Str. 4.1.43; cf. Sall. Hist. 2.80M; Obseq. 59

Praetors

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C. Cassius Longinus (cos. 73)
2 magistracies
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Broughton: The latest date possible under the Cornelian law.

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  • MRR2
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M. Iunius Iuncus
1 magistracy
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Broughton: See 75, Promagistrates.

MT: in 75 he was proconsul in Asia (75/74). During this time the young Caesar (25/26 years, and went to study in Rhodes) had been captured and released (against ransom) by pirates. Caesar then organised some ships and captured the pirates. He then asked Iunius to punish them but the proconsul didn't act (instead he was eying the pirates' funds including presumably the ransom from Caesar). In the end Caesar took matters into his own hands and had the pirates crucified. (Plut. Caes. 2, note: in Plutarch's account he combines two different trips from Caesar, a trip in 81 to Macedonia and this one to Rhodes. But it's the Rhodes trip where the pirate incident happens, according to Stadter).

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  • Broughton, MRR2
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M. Terentius Varro
3 magistracies , aged 40 at this time
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Broughton: Presided over the trial of C. Antonius Hibrida for extortion (a), and issued an edict regarding crimes by armed bands of slaves (b).

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  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Tog. Cand., and Ascon. 84C; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8; Plut. Caes. 4.1, with praenomen Publius; on Antonius, see 84, Prefeets
    • (b) Cic. Tull. 5-12
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Cn. Octavius (): 79 BCE (Praetor) , 76 BCE (Consul)

Quaestors

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M. Marius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Served under Sertorius in Spain, having probably come with Perperna (a).

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C. Memmius (q. 76)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Served under Pompey in Spain (a), where he attacked New Carthage (a; see 75, Promagistrates). Münzer (RE) shows clearly that this C. Memmius should not be identified with the Praetor of 58. For the opposite view, see Mommsen (b). He may have accompanied Pompey in 77 as Quaestor, and therefore be a Proquaestor in this year.

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Balb. 5
    • (b) RMW 597f.; Groebe in D.-G. 4.37 1, note 9; and Sobeck 36

Tribune of the Plebs

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Cn. Sicinius
1 magistracy , aged 33 at this time
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Broughton: Attempted to restore the position of the tribunate (a). The praenomen is given as Cn. in Cic. Brut. 216-217, but L. in Sall. Hist. 3.48.8 M.

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