Gaius Sextius Calvinus (consul 124 BC)

Foundation of Aix by Sextius Calvinus (Joseph Villevieille, 1900).

Gaius Sextius Calvinus was a Roman politician of the late 2nd century BC. From the plebeian gens Sextia .

As consul of the year 124 BC Chr. And proconsul he led in the following two years as the successor of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 125 v. Chr.) War in southern France, the later province Narbonensis . Opponents were the Ligurians , Vocontier and Salluvier . After the victory over the Salluvians in 122 BC. BC Sextius founded the fortress named after him, Aquae Sextiae, which later became Aix-en-Provence, near her oppidum Entremont, which he destroyed . After his return to Rome, Sextius Calvinus received a triumphal procession .

His son was probably the speaker of the same name mentioned by Marcus Tullius Cicero at the beginning of the 1st century BC. Chr.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Calvius [I 3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X .
Volker Fadinger : Sextius I 4th In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 156.

personal data
SURNAME	Sextius Calvinus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Calvinus, Gaius Sextius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 124 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	before 166 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.