Publius Sestius

Publius Sestius (* around 95 BC; † after 35 BC) was a Roman politician in the last decades of the Roman Republic .

Publius Sestius was the son of a tribune of the people . After his quaesture he fought in 63 BC. Under the consul Gaius Antonius Hybrida at Pistoria against Catiline . He then accompanied Antonius as a Proquaestor to Macedonia . For the year 57 BC He was elected tribune of the people. Together with his colleague Titus Annius Milo , he campaigned for the return of Marcus Tullius Cicero from exile. This led to clashes with the gangs of Publius Clodius Pulcher , which is why Sestius was indicted by his opponents (including Publius Vatinius ) the following year . In the process chaired by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus , he was successfully defended by Cicero with a speech he received.

According to his praetur in about 55 BC. Sestius was 52 BC. BC again, this time because of ambitus , accused and again defended by Cicero. 49-48 BC BC Sestius administered the province of Cilicia . After the battle of Pharsalus he went to Gaius Julius Caesar , under whom he continued to hold influential positions. He fought with Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus against King Pharnakes II , the son of the famous Roman enemy Mithridates VI. from Pontos . 46 BC BC Sestius stayed again in Rome. 39 and 35 BC He is mentioned in Senate resolutions.

Publius Sestius was first married to an Albinia and then to Cornelia, a daughter of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus . With his first wife Albinia he had a daughter Sestia and a son Lucius Sestius , who was at times a follower of Marcus Junius Brutus , but was later pardoned by Octavian and in 23 BC. Reached the consulate.

literature

Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : P. Sestius 4th In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 149.
Jens Bartels: Sestius [3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , column 476 f.

Web links

Cicero, speech per sestio (Latin)

Remarks

^ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Pro Sestio 6-12.
^ Cicero, Pro Sestio passim.
↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13,49,1 and Epistulae ad familiares 7,24,2.
↑ Cicero, Pro Sestio 6; Epistulae ad familiares 5,6,1 and 13,8,1.

personal data
SURNAME	Sestius, Publius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician in the last decades of the Roman Republic
DATE OF BIRTH	around 95 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 35 BC Chr.

[1] Marcus Tullius Cicero , Pro Sestio 6-12.

[2] Cicero, Pro Sestio passim.

[3] Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13,49,1 and Epistulae ad familiares 7,24,2.

[4] Cicero, Pro Sestio 6; Epistulae ad familiares 5,6,1 and 13,8,1.