Consuls
Broughton: Sulla received the province of Asia and the command against Mithridates, but when he opposed the bills of the Tribune Sulpicius (see below), one of which gave that command to Marius, he was attacked and fled to his army. He then returned with it and occupied Rome, annulled the legislation of Sulpicius, who was put to death, and killed or exiled his other opponents including Marius (a). Meantime, Pompeius co-operated with Sulla against Sulpicius and in the occupation of Rome (b). He was given command of the army of Pompeius Strabo, who in turn is suspected of inciting the mutiny in which the Consul Pompeius was later killed (c). They carried a series of measures, one for the exile of the Marian partisans (d), a second providing that all measures be considered by the Senate before submission to an assembly, a third that laws be carried only in the Comitia Centuriata, a fourth putting some further limitation on the Tribune5 (e), a fifth adding 300 personnss to the Senat,9 (App.), a sixth regarding colonies (Liv.), and a seventh applying interest payments on the principal of debts (f), perhaps also one limiting the application of the sponsio (g). Sulla held the elections and, after securing the oath of the Consuls elect Cinna and Octavius to support his measures (h), departed for the war with Mithridates (j).
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Broughton, MRR2
- Grueber, CRRBM 1.484; Cic. Cluent. 11; Leg. Agr. 1. 10; 2.38; Brut. 306; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 55, 129, 482f.; Fast. Sac., CIL 12.1, p. 60-ILS 9338, no. 3; Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.17.1, and 20.1; Ascon. 64C; Plut. Sull. 6.10; App. BC 1.56; Obseq. 56; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Fest. 516L; on Sulla, Diod. 37.25; Eutrop. 5.3.3; and on Pompeius, CIL 12. 2.710.-1. de Deios 4.1.1848, cf. 1849; Loewy, I. Gr. Bild. 201, no. 289; Cic. Lael. 2.
- (a) Plut. Sull. 6.10; 7.1-10.2; Mar. 34.1-35.4; App. BC 1.55-63; Mith. 22, and 30; cf. Cic. Phil. 8.7; Diod. 37.29; Liv. Per. 77; Val. Max. 3.8.5; 6.5.7; 8.6.2; 9.7, ext. 1; Flor. 2.9.6-8; Eutrop. 5.4, Auct. Vir. Ill. 75.7-8; Oros 5.19.3-7
- (b) Liv. Per. 77; App. BC 1.59; cf - Cic. Lael. 2
- (c) Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.20.1; Val. Max. 9.7, ext. 2; App. BC 1.63
- (d) Vell. 2.19.1; Flor. 2.9.6-8
- (e) App. BC 1.59; cf. Liv. Per. 77
- (f) Fest. 516L
- (g) Gaius 3.124
- (h) Plut. Sull. 10.3-4; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.3-4
- (j) see also Jacoby, -FGrH 2B.1151, no. 252
Broughton: Sulla received the province of Asia and the command against Mithridates, but when he opposed the bills of the Tribune Sulpicius (see below), one of which gave that command to Marius, he was attacked and fled to his army. He then returned with it and occupied Rome, annulled the legislation of Sulpicius, who was put to death, and killed or exiled his other opponents including Marius (a). Meantime, Pompeius co-operated with Sulla against Sulpicius and in the occupation of Rome (b). He was given command of the army of Pompeius Strabo, who in turn is suspected of inciting the mutiny in which the Consul Pompeius was later killed (c). They carried a series of measures, one for the exile of the Marian partisans (d), a second providing that all measures be considered by the Senate before submission to an assembly, a third that laws be carried only in the Comitia Centuriata, a fourth putting some further limitation on the Tribune5 (e), a fifth adding 300 personnss to the Senat,9 (App.), a sixth regarding colonies (Liv.), and a seventh applying interest payments on the principal of debts (f), perhaps also one limiting the application of the sponsio (g). Sulla held the elections and, after securing the oath of the Consuls elect Cinna and Octavius to support his measures (h), departed for the war with Mithridates (j).
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Broughton, MRR2
- Grueber, CRRBM 1.484; Cic. Cluent. 11; Leg. Agr. 1. 10; 2.38; Brut. 306; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 55, 129, 482f.; Fast. Sac., CIL 12.1, p. 60-ILS 9338, no. 3; Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.17.1, and 20.1; Ascon. 64C; Plut. Sull. 6.10; App. BC 1.56; Obseq. 56; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Fest. 516L; on Sulla, Diod. 37.25; Eutrop. 5.3.3; and on Pompeius, CIL 12. 2.710.-1. de Deios 4.1.1848, cf. 1849; Loewy, I. Gr. Bild. 201, no. 289; Cic. Lael. 2.
- (a) Plut. Sull. 6.10; 7.1-10.2; Mar. 34.1-35.4; App. BC 1.55-63; Mith. 22, and 30; cf. Cic. Phil. 8.7; Diod. 37.29; Liv. Per. 77; Val. Max. 3.8.5; 6.5.7; 8.6.2; 9.7, ext. 1; Flor. 2.9.6-8; Eutrop. 5.4, Auct. Vir. Ill. 75.7-8; Oros 5.19.3-7
- (b) Liv. Per. 77; App. BC 1.59; cf - Cic. Lael. 2
- (c) Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.20.1; Val. Max. 9.7, ext. 2; App. BC 1.63
- (d) Vell. 2.19.1; Flor. 2.9.6-8
- (e) App. BC 1.59; cf. Liv. Per. 77
- (f) Fest. 516L
- (g) Gaius 3.124
- (h) Plut. Sull. 10.3-4; Dio 30-35, fr. 102.3-4
- (j) see also Jacoby, -FGrH 2B.1151, no. 252
Praetors
Broughton: An ex-Praetor when he was killed at Marius, command in late 87 (a). As Q. Ancharius, Tr. Pl. 59, and Pr. 56, was probably his son, his praetorship may be dated shortly before 87.
Broughton: Sent with Servilius to forbid Sulla's advance on Rome, but was exiled mistreated by the soldiers and sent back (a). He was exiled under interdict by the victors, but escaped to Spain (b). For Brutus' praenomen, see Liv. Per. 89.
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Plut. Sull. 9.2
- (b) App. BC 1.60; cf. Gran. Lic. 23B
Broughton: Probably praetor before he served under Sulla in Greece (see 87, Legates).
Sources (1)
- Broughton, MRR2
Broughton: Governor of Sicily which he kept at peace and untouched by the Social War (a). Norbanus' cognomen remains doubtful (see Degrassi 130) since his connection with L. Norbanus Balbus, Cos. 19, is quite uncertain. The reading of Chr. 354 on his consulship in 83 is Pulbo. He probably held command in Sicily in 88 and 87 (Diod.) (b)
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Verr. 2.3.117, and 5.8; Diod. 37.2.13-14, #; cf. C,rueber, CRRBM 1.347f.; SEG 1.418
- (b) See Münzer, Hermes 67 (1932) 231-235.
Broughton: Sent with Brutus to forbid Sulla's advance on Rome, and similarly treated (see above, on Brutus).
Sources (1)
- Broughton, MRR2
Broughton: Refused Marius asylum in Africa when he fled from Sulla (a). A coin, published in Müller (Num. de l'Afrique, 2.51, no. 25, and p. 55; see Münzer, RE) was read to show that Sextilius was Pr(aetor) P(rovinciae) Af(ricae), or else Pr(o) P(raetore), etc., VII v(ir) ep(ulonum), but readings by Boissevain (ZN 29 [1912] 107-111) and Grant (From Imperium to Auctoritas 226f.) show that these coins are duoviral, that the source is the Julian colony of Hadrumetum, and the date Augustan.
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Quaestors
Broughton: 5 Lucullus' quaestorship is dated, perhaps rightly, in 88 by Sobeck (29) along with the consulship of Sulla. This year is the latest possible date and receives some slight support from the distinction made by Cicero between Lucullus' service, as Quaestor and as Proquaestor (a). See also 1. de, Delos 4.1.1620.
MT: citation above taken from and confirmed in DPPR
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Broughton, MRR3
- (a) Acad. 2.1 and 4 and 11
Tribune of the Plebs
Broughton: Along with Sulpicius, he opposed the attempt of Julius Caesar Strabo to proceed to the consulship without first being Praetor (a).
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Brut. 226-227
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
P. Sulpicius Rufus (tr. pl. 88) (): 88 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)
C. Marius (): 86 BCE (Consul)
C. Norbanus (): 88 BCE (Praetor)
Hirtuleius (): 86 BCE (Quaestor)
L. Cornelius Cinna (cos. 87) (): 86 BCE (Consul)
Broughton: Along with Antistius, he opposed the candidacy of Julius Caesar Strabo for the consulship (see above; a). He introduced four bills: one to recall exiles (b); a second, to enroll the new Italian citizens and the freedmen in all the tribes (c); a third, to limit the debts of senators to 2000 denarii (d); and a fourth, to replace Sulla with Marius in the command against Mithridates (e). Meeting opposition from the Consuls, he had them forcibly expelled from the city and carried his measures. Sulla then appealed to his army, the Consuls occupied Rome, annulled the laws of Sulpicius, and decreed the exile and death of opposing leaders (see above, Consuls). Sulpicius was betrayed and put to death (f).
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Broughton, MRR2
- (a) Cic. Brut. 226-227; Har. Resp. 43; Ascon. 25C; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.3.75; cf. FOR 2.195; Macrob. Sat. 1.11.32
- (b) Auct. Ad Herenn. 2.45; Liv. Per. 77
- (c) Ascon. 64C; App. BC 1.55-56; cf. Liv. Per. 77
- (d) Plut. Sull. 8.2
- (e) Liv. Per. 77; Diod. 37.29.2; Vell. 2.18.5-6; Val. Max. 9.7, ext. 1; Plut. Mar. 34-35; Sull. 8.2; App. BC 1.55-56, cf. 59; Flor. 2.9.6; Ampel. 40.1; 42.1; Iul. Exup. 3; Schol. Clun. 270 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 286 Stangl; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 75.8
- (f) Auct. Ad Herenn. 1.25; 4.31; Cic. De Or. 3.11; Vat. 23; Cat. 3.24; Leg. 3.20; Phil. 8.7; Har. Resp. 41; Brut. 227, 307; Lael. 2; Sall. Hist. 1.77.7M; Nepos Att. 2.1; Liv. Per. 77; Vell. 2.19.1; Val. Max. 6.5.7; Ascon. 64C; 80C; Plut. Sull. 10.1; App. BC 1.55-60; Flor. 2.9.8; Iul. Exup. 3; Oros. 5.19.6; on the annulment of the laws, see Cic. Phil. 8.7; App. BC 1.59
Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member
P. Antistius (): 88 BCE (Tribune of the Plebs)
C. Norbanus (): 88 BCE (Praetor)
L. Cornelius Sulla Felix (): 88 BCE (Consul)
L. Licinius Lucullus (): 88 BCE (Quaestor)
L. Licinius Murena (): 88 BCE (Praetor)