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Cn. Papirius Carbo
5 magistracies , aged 45 at this time
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Broughton: Cinna was killed early in the year by mutinous troops at Ancona while arranging passage for his army to Epirus (a). Carbo continued Cinna's preparations against Sulla's return from the East (b), and continued in Picenum and Cisalpine Gaul until checked by Pompey (c). As unfavorable auspices prevented the holding of elections he remained sole Consul throughout the rest of the year (d).

Sources (5)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 130, 482f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd. (Carbone II et Scribonio), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Carbo, CIL 12.2.683; Cic. Verr. 2.1.11 and 34; and on Cinna, Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f.
    • (a) Liv. Per. 83; Vell. 2.24.5; Plut. Sert. 6.1; Pomp. 5.1-2; App. BC 1.77-78; Iul. Exup. 4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.4; Oros. 5.19.24; Zonar. 10.1
    • (b) Liv. Per. 84; App. BC 1.78
    • (c) Plut. Pomp. 5-6
    • (d) Fast. Cap.; Vell. 2.24.5; Plut. Pomp. 5.2
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L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (): 85 BCE (Consul) , 84 BCE (Consul)

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L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87)
5 magistracies , aged 46 at this time
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Broughton: Cinna was killed early in the year by mutinous troops at Ancona while arranging passage for his army to Epirus (a). Carbo continued Cinna's preparations against Sulla's return from the East (b), and continued in Picenum and Cisalpine Gaul until checked by Pompey (c). As unfavorable auspices prevented the holding of elections he remained sole Consul throughout the rest of the year (d).

Sources (5)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 130, 482f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd. (Carbone II et Scribonio), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Carbo, CIL 12.2.683; Cic. Verr. 2.1.11 and 34; and on Cinna, Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f.
    • (a) Liv. Per. 83; Vell. 2.24.5; Plut. Sert. 6.1; Pomp. 5.1-2; App. BC 1.77-78; Iul. Exup. 4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.4; Oros. 5.19.24; Zonar. 10.1
    • (b) Liv. Per. 84; App. BC 1.78
    • (c) Plut. Pomp. 5-6
    • (d) Fast. Cap.; Vell. 2.24.5; Plut. Pomp. 5.2
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Cn. Papirius Carbo (): 85 BCE (Consul) , 84 BCE (Consul)

M. Marius Gratidianus (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs) , 85 BCE (Praetor) , 84 BCE (Praetor)

Gn. Octavius (): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

L. Cornelius Merula (): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

Praetors

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C. Fabius Hadrianus (pr. 84)
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Drove Metellus Pius out of Africa (a; see Promagistrates, on Metellus).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Liv.; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 241 Stangl
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M. Marius Gratidianus
3 magistracies , aged 41 at this time
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Broughton: Twice Praetor (a, see 85, note 1).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Ascon. 84 C; cf Val. Max. 9.2. 1, praetor; Firm. Mat. 1.3, praetorius vir;
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L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (): 87 BCE (Consul) , 85 BCE (Consul) , 84 BCE (Consul)

Cn. Papirius Carbo (): 85 BCE (Consul) , 84 BCE (Consul)

Aediles

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Q. Lutatius Catulus
3 magistracies
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Broughton: @Brougthon: On his aedileship, see (a). It was rejected by Münzer (RE 13.2.2082), but accepted by Sumner (b). A date ca. 84 is based on a calculation from the date of his consulship. Consul 78 and Censor 65. See (c). Refer also to Plut. Cat. Min. 16.4-6 on the dispute between the younger Cato as quaestor and Catulus before he abdicated his censorship.

MT: citation above taken from and confirmed in DPPR

Sources (3)
  • Broughton, MRR3
    • (a) Amm. Marc. 14:6\.25, and cf. Cic. Off: 2.58; Val. Max. 2.4.6
    • (b) JRS 54, 1964, 45, note 48; Orators 116; cf. Badian, Studies 217-219
    • (c) ILLRP 369; cf. also G. Molisani, Lucius Cornelius Quinti Catuli Architectus, RAL 26, 1971, 41-49-AEpig. 1971, no. 61
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M. Aemilius Lepidus (): 81 BCE (Praetor) , 78 BCE (Consul)

Quaestors

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M. Fonteius
2 magistracies
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Broughton: The date of the quaestorship of Fonteius is subsequent to the Valerian law regulating payment of debts (see 86, Consuls) and before Sulla's return to Italy in 83 (Cic.).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Font. 1 and 5.
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M. Junius Silanus
2 magistracies
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Broughton: Served under Licinius Murena in Asia Minor (a).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) I. V. Priene, 12 1, line 44
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C. Verres
2 magistracies , aged 30 at this time
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Broughton: Assigned to serve under the Consul Papirius Carbo in Picenum (a). Bülz, De Prov. Rom. Quaest. (Diss. Leipzig, 1893) 55, and Lübker, Lex.8, date the quaestorship of Verres in 82, Carbo's third consulship; but Cicero quite clearly dates it 14 years before the trial and one year before the consulship of Scipio in 83.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Cic. Verr. 2.1.11 and 34-40, and 3.177; Ps.-Ascon. 206, 208, 226 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 329, 332f. Stangl