Decimus Junius Silanus
Decimus Junius Silanus (* 107 BC or a little earlier; † around 60 BC) was a Roman senator of the late Republic .
Silanus was aedile in a not exactly known year after 75 BC. BC, at the latest 70 BC BC, and obviously gave splendid games, as had become customary. No later than 67 BC According to the rules of the Roman official career, he must have held the praetur , since he was 65 BC. BC, but unsuccessfully, applied for the consulate of the following year. Two years later he was successful with his application, including against Lucius Sergius Catilina . As consul-designate, he took part in the negotiations in the Senate on the punishment of the prisoners of Catiline on December 5, 63 BC. And was the first to speak out in favor of the death penalty, but was temporarily wavering under the influence of Gaius Julius Caesar's discreet speech .
During his year as consul in 62 BC. Together with his colleague Lucius Licinius Murena, he introduced a law according to which all legislative proposals should be publicly deposited in the aerarium .
Since the mid-1970s, Silanus was a member of the College of Pontifices . Since he was told by Cicero for the year 57 BC BC is no longer named as a pontiff, he must have died before this year.
Silanus was married to Servilia , a half-sister of the younger Cato and temporarily lover of Caesar. From her first marriage she had a son, the later Caesar murderer Marcus Iunius Brutus . Silanus and Servilia had three daughters together.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Iunius I. 24. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 1556.
family tree
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero , de officiis 2, 57 mentions Silanus among those who would have had a magnificent ( magnificentissima ) aedility. The list suggests that Silanus' year of office was after that of Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (75 BC). 70 BC BC is the latest eligible year in view of Silanus' application for the consulate for 64 BC. Chr.
- ^ Cicero, ad Atticum 1, 1, 2.
- ↑ Plutarch , Cicero 14, 6.
- ↑ Cicero, in Catilinam 4, 7 and 11; Plutarch, Cicero 20, 4; Appian , Civil Wars 2, 5.
- ↑ Sallust, Catilina 50, 4; Plutarch, Cicero 21, 3.
- ↑ Cicero, De haruspicum responsis 12.
- ↑ Plutarch, Cato minor 21.2.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Junius Silanus, Decimus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Silanus, Decimus Junius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman senator, consul 62 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 107 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 60 BC Chr. |