Aulus Terentius Varro Murena

Aulus Terentius Varrò Murena ( Italian Aulo Terenzio Varro Murena ; † 24 BC ) was a Roman general and politician.

He was the biological son of Aulus Terentius Varro and adopted brother of Lucius Licinius Varro Murena . His sister Terenzia married the powerful Gaius Maecenas , adviser to Augustus . 25 BC Aulus carried out a military expedition against the Salasser , a tribe in what is now the Aosta Valley province , on behalf of Augustus . At the time, this caused problems for the Romans in the strategically important region of the Great St. Bernhard . He could defeat the Salasser. According to Strabo , they were enslaved en masse . Cassius Dio only reports the enslavement of those of military age for 20 years.

24 BC BC Murena founded a Colonia Augusta Praetoria Salassorum ( Aosta ) in the center of the Salasser area with 3000 settlers. Together with Augustus he became consul for the year 23 BC. Elected. But he died at the beginning of his consulate. Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso was elected to succeed him. Shortly after his death, his adoptive brother, Lucius Licinius Varro Murena, was accused of plotting against Augustus with Fannius Caepio.

literature

Ando, Clifford, Imperial ideology and provincial loyalty in the Roman Empire , University of California Press, 2000

Individual evidence

↑ Smith, William, 1813–1893 .: A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography: partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology . Kessinger, 2010, ISBN 978-1-162-97995-3 .
^ David Wheeler-Reed: Augustus and the Roman Empire . In: Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire . Yale University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-0-300-22772-7 , pp. 53 .
^ Lightman, A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women , p. 312
^ Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939 p. 358
↑ ^a ^b Davies, Mark; Swain, Hilary; Davies, Mark Everson, Aspects of Roman history, 82 BC-AD 14: a source-based approach , Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010, p. 257
↑ Strabo IV.6.7
↑ Swan, Michael: The consular fasti of 23 vc and the conspiracy of Varro Murena . 1966, OCLC 257370580 , p. 240 .
↑ Randall Lesaffer: Between Faith and Empire . In: International Law and Empire . Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-0-19-879557-5 , pp. 426 .
↑ Clifford Ando, David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor and Professor of Classics History and Law Clifford Ando: Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire . University of California Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-520-22067-6 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

personal data
SURNAME	Aulus Terentius Varro Murena
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Aulo Terenzio Varrone Murena
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman general and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1st century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	24 BC Chr.

[1] Smith, William, 1813–1893 .: A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology and geography: partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology . Kessinger, 2010, ISBN 978-1-162-97995-3 .

[2] David Wheeler-Reed: Augustus and the Roman Empire . In: Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire . Yale University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-0-300-22772-7 , pp. 53 .

[3] Lightman, A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women , p. 312

[4] Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution , Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1939 p. 358

[:0-5] Davies, Mark; Swain, Hilary; Davies, Mark Everson, Aspects of Roman history, 82 BC-AD 14: a source-based approach , Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2010, p. 257

[6] Strabo IV.6.7

[7] Swan, Michael: The consular fasti of 23 vc and the conspiracy of Varro Murena . 1966, OCLC 257370580 , p. 240 .

[8] Randall Lesaffer: Between Faith and Empire . In: International Law and Empire . Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 978-0-19-879557-5 , pp. 426 .

[9] Clifford Ando, David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor and Professor of Classics History and Law Clifford Ando: Imperial Ideology and Provincial Loyalty in the Roman Empire . University of California Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0-520-22067-6 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).