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Gn. Octavius
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Broughton: Cinna was elected in Sulla's presence and swore to maintain his measures (a), but in office soon attempted to carry a bill to enroll the new citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (b), and one to recall Marius and the other exiles (c). He was expelled from Rome by his colleague Octavius, and L. Cornelius Merula (see below) was elected in his place. He won the support of the army of Ap. Claudius at Nola, was soon joined by Marius and his partisans, and succeeded in overpowering his colleague, who suffered for his own slowness and lack of co-operation with other leaders (see below, Promagistrates), and occupied Rome (d). The Consul Octavius was killed in office (e), and a reign of terror followed in which many senatorial opponents of Cinna and Marius were murdered (see above; f). The victors repealed the laws of Sulla (g), and reenacted the laws of Sulpicius (h).

Sources (9)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Har. Resp. 54; Tusc. 5.55; Phil. 13.2; 14.23; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 54f., 129f., 482f.; Ascon. 23C; App. BC 1.65-66; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.3; Eutrop. 5.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Cinna, Cic. Phil. 11.1; Vell. 2.20.3; and on Octavius, Cic. Planc. 51.
    • (a) Plut. Sull. 10.3-4; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.1; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.26 M
    • (b) Cic. Phil. 8.7; Vell. 2.20.2; App. BC 1.64; Iul. Exup. 4; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (c) App.; Flor. 2.9.9; Auct. Fir. Ill. 69.2
    • (d) Cic. Cat. 3.24; Sest. 77; Caecin. 87; Att. 9.10.3; Diod. 38.1-3; Liv. Per. 79, and 80; Vell. 2.20-21; Val. Max. 1.6.10; 4.7.5; Plut. Mar. 41-43; Sert. 4.4-5.4; Pomp. 3.1; 4.1; App. BC 1.64-71; Gran. Lic. 23-29B; Flor. 2.9.10-13; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.1-9; Obseq. 56a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.2; Oros. 5.19.8-19; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (e) Cic. Cat. 3.24; Har. Resp. 54; Phil. 8.7; 13.1-2; Tusc. 5.55; Fast. Cap., above; Jacoby, FGrH 2B.1151, no. 252; Liv. Per. 80; Vell. 2.22.2; Ascon. 23C; Plut. Mar. 42.4-5; Sull. 12.8; App. BC 1.71; Flor. 2.9.14; Iul. Exup. 4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.2; Pacat. Panegyr. Theodos. 46.2; Augustin. CD 3.27; .Ampel. 42.2; Schol. Bob. 109, and 117 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (f) Sisenna fr. 129 Peter; Cic. Phil. 1.34; 11.1; 14.23; Vat. 23; ND 2.14; 3.80-81; Div. 1.4; Att. 7.7.7; Sall. Hist. 1.77.7 M; Diod. 38.4; Vell. 2.22.1-4; Val. Max. 2.8.7; 4.3.14; 5.3.3, and 6.4; Ascon. 23C; Lucan 4.822; Plin. NH 2.92; Tac. Hist. 3.83; Plut. Mar. 43-45; Sert. 5.1-5; App. BC 1.71-75; Flor. 2.9.13-17; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.8-12; Eutrop. 5.7.3; Obseq. 56a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 67.6; Ampel. 42.2; Oros. 5.19.19 and 23-24; Ammian. 30.8.9
    • (g) App. BC 1.73
    • (h) see 88, Tribunes of the Plebs; Vell. 2.20.2; on the tribes, Plut. Mar. 45.6; and on Marius' command in Asia, App. BC 1.75
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L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

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

C. Caelius (pr. 90) (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cassius (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

L. Postumius (pr. 90) (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

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L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87)
5 magistracies , aged 43 at this time
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Broughton: Cinna was elected in Sulla's presence and swore to maintain his measures (a), but in office soon attempted to carry a bill to enroll the new citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (b), and one to recall Marius and the other exiles (c). He was expelled from Rome by his colleague Octavius, and L. Cornelius Merula (see below) was elected in his place. He won the support of the army of Ap. Claudius at Nola, was soon joined by Marius and his partisans, and succeeded in overpowering his colleague, who suffered for his own slowness and lack of co-operation with other leaders (see below, Promagistrates), and occupied Rome (d). The Consul Octavius was killed in office (e), and a reign of terror followed in which many senatorial opponents of Cinna and Marius were murdered (see above; f). The victors repealed the laws of Sulla (g), and reenacted the laws of Sulpicius (h).

Sources (9)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Cic. Har. Resp. 54; Tusc. 5.55; Phil. 13.2; 14.23; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 54f., 129f., 482f.; Ascon. 23C; App. BC 1.65-66; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.3; Eutrop. 5.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Cinna, Cic. Phil. 11.1; Vell. 2.20.3; and on Octavius, Cic. Planc. 51.
    • (a) Plut. Sull. 10.3-4; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.1; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.26 M
    • (b) Cic. Phil. 8.7; Vell. 2.20.2; App. BC 1.64; Iul. Exup. 4; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (c) App.; Flor. 2.9.9; Auct. Fir. Ill. 69.2
    • (d) Cic. Cat. 3.24; Sest. 77; Caecin. 87; Att. 9.10.3; Diod. 38.1-3; Liv. Per. 79, and 80; Vell. 2.20-21; Val. Max. 1.6.10; 4.7.5; Plut. Mar. 41-43; Sert. 4.4-5.4; Pomp. 3.1; 4.1; App. BC 1.64-71; Gran. Lic. 23-29B; Flor. 2.9.10-13; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.1-9; Obseq. 56a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.2; Oros. 5.19.8-19; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (e) Cic. Cat. 3.24; Har. Resp. 54; Phil. 8.7; 13.1-2; Tusc. 5.55; Fast. Cap., above; Jacoby, FGrH 2B.1151, no. 252; Liv. Per. 80; Vell. 2.22.2; Ascon. 23C; Plut. Mar. 42.4-5; Sull. 12.8; App. BC 1.71; Flor. 2.9.14; Iul. Exup. 4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 69.2; Pacat. Panegyr. Theodos. 46.2; Augustin. CD 3.27; .Ampel. 42.2; Schol. Bob. 109, and 117 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl
    • (f) Sisenna fr. 129 Peter; Cic. Phil. 1.34; 11.1; 14.23; Vat. 23; ND 2.14; 3.80-81; Div. 1.4; Att. 7.7.7; Sall. Hist. 1.77.7 M; Diod. 38.4; Vell. 2.22.1-4; Val. Max. 2.8.7; 4.3.14; 5.3.3, and 6.4; Ascon. 23C; Lucan 4.822; Plin. NH 2.92; Tac. Hist. 3.83; Plut. Mar. 43-45; Sert. 5.1-5; App. BC 1.71-75; Flor. 2.9.13-17; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.8-12; Eutrop. 5.7.3; Obseq. 56a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 67.6; Ampel. 42.2; Oros. 5.19.19 and 23-24; Ammian. 30.8.9
    • (g) App. BC 1.73
    • (h) see 88, Tribunes of the Plebs; Vell. 2.20.2; on the tribes, Plut. Mar. 45.6; and on Marius' command in Asia, App. BC 1.75
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Cn. Papirius Carbo (): 85 BCE (Consul) , 84 BCE (Consul)

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

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

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

C. Marius (): 86 BCE (Consul)

L
L. Cornelius Merula
2 magistracies
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Broughton: Flamen Dialis, who was elected colleague of Octavius (see above). He abdicated his office when the Marians won, and when placed on trial abdicated his priesthood and committed suicide (a). See Flamen Dialis.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 129, 482f.; Diod. 38.3; Val. Max. 9.12.5; Vell. 2.20.3, and 22.2; Tac. Ann. 3.58; Plut. Mar. 41.1; 45.2; App. BC 1.65-66; 70; 74; Flor. 2.9.16; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.11 a; 54.36. 1; Augustin. CD 3.27
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Gn. Octavius (): 90 BCE (Praetor) , 87 BCE (Consul)

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

C. Caelius (pr. 90) (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

C. Cassius (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

L. Postumius (pr. 90) (): 90 BCE (Praetor)

Quaestors

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C. Claudius Marcellus
2 magistracies , aged 32 at this time
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Broughton: See 86, Promagistrates. If the Proquaestor of the Samothracian inscription may be identified with the Praetor of 80, we may suppose that his career in the period of Sulla roughly paralleled that of Lucullus.

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • CIL 12.2.662b, C. Aarcellus.
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C. Scribonius Curio (): 80 BCE (Praetor)

D. Junius Brutus (): 80 BCE (Praetor)

M. Domitius Calvinus (): 80 BCE (Praetor)

M. Fannius Quaestio (): 80 BCE (Praetor)

L. Cornelius Sulla Felix (): 80 BCE (Consul, Dictator)

Lucius Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74)
L. Licinius Lucullus
5 magistracies , aged 30 at this time
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Broughton: Sent in advance by Sulla to Greece, he made Bruttius Sura, the Legate of Sentius, return to Macedonia (a). He had charge of Sulla's mint in Greece (b). At the end of the year he was sent to Egypt and elsewhere to assemble a fleet (c).

Sources (4)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • SIG³ 743, cf. SEG 1.153; Cic. Acad. 2.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 74.1.
    • (a) Plut. Sull. 11.5; cf. Cimon 1.2
    • (b) Plut. Luc. 2.1-2; cf. Grueber, CRRBM 2.459-460
    • (c) Cic. Acad. 2.11 and 61; Plut. Luc. 2.2-6; App. Mith. 33
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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)

Tribune of the Plebs

S
Sex. Lucilius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Thrown at Marius' command from the Tarpeian rock by P. Laenas, Tribune in 86 (a). The name Licinius in Livy (# in Plutarch) is doubtful, since the praenomen Sextus does not appear in the Licinian family. The accounts in the other sources appear to refer to the same incident (see Münzer, RE, and Niccolini, FTP 235f.).

Sources (1)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • (a) Vell. 2.24.2; cf. Liv. Per. 80; Plut. Mar. 45.1; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.12
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C. Milonius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

M. Marius Gratidianus (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

M. Vergilius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

P. Magius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Claudius Marcellus (): 87 BCE (Quaestor)

P
P. Magius
2 magistracies , aged 33 at this time
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Broughton: A colleague of M. Vergilius (a; see below).

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C. Carrinas (): 82 BCE (Praetor)

L. Junius Brutus Damasippus (): 82 BCE (Praetor)

M. Perperna Vento Sicily (): 82 BCE (Praetor)

Q. Antonius Balbus Sardinia (): 82 BCE (Praetor)

C. Marius (): 82 BCE (Consul)

M
M. Marius Gratidianus
3 magistracies , aged 38 at this time
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Broughton: Of the three senators, C. Milonius, Q. Sertorius, and C. Marius (termed # in App. BC 1.65) who fled with Cinna, two, Milonius and Marius, who must be Marius Gratidianus since the younger Marius went into exile with his father, are believed to be among the six Tribunes of the Plebs who also fled from Rome with Cinna (a). The Berne Scholis confirm it in the case of Marius sinee Catulus probably died before the end of the year. On Milonius, see also Legates.

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Schol. Bern. on Lucan 2.173, p. 62U; cf. Diod. 38.4.
    • (a) Liv. Per. 79; Gran. Lic. 23 B; Lange 3.129; Niccolini FTP 233
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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)

C. Fabius Hadrianus (pr. 84) (): 84 BCE (Praetor)

C. Milonius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

M. Vergilius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

G
C. Milonius
1 magistracy
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Broughton: Of the three senators, C. Milonius, Q. Sertorius, and C. Marius (termed # in App. BC 1.65) who fled with Cinna, two, Milonius and Marius, who must be Marius Gratidianus since the younger Marius went into exile with his father, are believed to be among the six Tribunes of the Plebs who also fled from Rome with Cinna (a). The Berne Scholis confirm it in the case of Marius sinee Catulus probably died before the end of the year. On Milonius, see also Legates.

Sources (2)
  • Broughton, MRR2
    • Schol. Bern. on Lucan 2.173, p. 62U; cf. Diod. 38.4.
    • (a) Liv. Per. 79; Gran. Lic. 23 B; Lange 3.129; Niccolini FTP 233
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M. Marius Gratidianus (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

M. Vergilius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

P. Magius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

Sex. Lucilius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Claudius Marcellus (): 87 BCE (Quaestor)

M
M. Vergilius
1 magistracy , aged 28 at this time
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Broughton: Instituted proceedings against Sulla at Cinna's instigation (a).

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C. Milonius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

M. Marius Gratidianus (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

P. Magius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

Sex. Lucilius (): 87 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)

C. Claudius Marcellus (): 87 BCE (Quaestor)