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{{Short description|Roman consul 136 BC}} |
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'''Sextus Atilius Serranus''' was a Roman politician in the second century BC. |
'''Sextus Atilius Serranus''' was a Roman politician in the second century BC. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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In 139 BC or earlier, Serranus served as [[ |
In 139 BC or earlier, Serranus served as [[praetor]]. In 136 BC, he was elected consul together with [[Lucius Furius Philus]] as his colleague.<ref name=":0">''Fasti Capitolini''</ref> The [[proconsul]] of [[Hispania Citerior]], [[Gaius Hostilius Mancinus]], had signed a humiliating peace treaty with the [[Numantia|Numantines]].<ref name=":1">Cicero, ''De officiis'', III, 109</ref> Having refused the treaty, Serranus sent Mancinus back to the Numantines in chains.<ref name=":2">Charles Ludwig Elvers, ''The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity'', Vol. 2, p. 213</ref> In 135 BC, Serranus served as proconsul of [[Cisalpine Gaul]]. |
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Latest revision as of 11:40, 10 April 2024
Sextus Atilius Serranus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.
Career[edit]
In 139 BC or earlier, Serranus served as praetor. In 136 BC, he was elected consul together with Lucius Furius Philus as his colleague.[1] The proconsul of Hispania Citerior, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, had signed a humiliating peace treaty with the Numantines.[2] Having refused the treaty, Serranus sent Mancinus back to the Numantines in chains.[3] In 135 BC, Serranus served as proconsul of Cisalpine Gaul.
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