Licinia (wife of Gaius Gracchus)
Licinia was one in the second half of the 2nd century BC. Living noble Roman woman and wife of the famous tribune Gaius Sempronius Gracchus .
Licinia came from the plebeian family of the Licinier . She was the younger daughter of the consul from 131 BC. BC, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus , and Clodia, a sister of the consul from 143 BC. BC, Appius Claudius Pulcher . Licinia had an older sister of the same name , Gaius Sulpicius Galba , the younger son of the consul from 144 BC. BC, Servius Sulpicius Galba , married.
Presumably Licinia was born as a young girl around 142 BC. Betrothed to Gaius Sempronius Gracchus and was in any case in 133 BC. His wife for a long time. She brought a considerable dowry into her marriage; after all, her father was one of the richest Romans. According to Plutarch , she wanted to prevent her husband from leaving home on the day of his death. After the death of her husband (121 BC), she almost lost her dowry, which Gaius Gracchus' enemies wanted to confiscate. But her uncle, the pontifex maximus and former consul Publius Mucius Scaevola , was able to avert this loss of her financial resources with a legal opinion.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Licinius 180). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIII, 1, Stuttgart 1926, column 496 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Plutarch , Tiberius Gracchus 21, 1.
- ↑ Plutarch, Gaius Gracchus 15, 2-5.
- ↑ Plutarch, Gaius Gracchus 17: 6; Digesta Iustiniani 24, 3, 66 pr.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Licinia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of the Roman tribune Gaius Sempronius Gracchus |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |