Lucius Furius Philus

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Lucius Furius Philus was consul of the Roman Republic in 136 BC. BC He belonged to the Furier family .

Nothing more is known of the official career of Lucius Furius Philus. He was praetor at the latest in 139 BC. He became consul in 136 BC. Together with Sextius Atilius Sarranus and received Spain as a province. He was involved in the foedus Mancinum , where his predecessor, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus , was to be handed over to the Numantines . The warfare of Furius Philus in Spain did not lead to success.

Furius was a member of the circle around the Scipions , especially a friend of Scipio Aemilianus . Macrobius names Furius as the author of a work in which two sacred formulas are mentioned that are to be used against besieged cities, while Cicero extols his style of speech in De re publica . After Cicero, Furius Philus lived in modest circumstances.

literature

  • Michèle Ducos: Furius Philus (L.). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 3, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , pp. 435-436
  • Friedrich Münzer : Furius 78). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity . Volume 7: Fornax - Helikeia. 1st half band . (RE VII, 1). JB Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1910, Sp. 360.

Remarks

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 482, see also pp. 486-488, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
  2. ↑ Friedrich Münzer : Furius 78). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity . Volume 7: Fornax - Helikeia. 1st half band. (RE VII, 1). JB Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1910, Sp. 360.
  3. ^ Cicero, De re publica III 17
personal data
SURNAME Furius Philus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Philus, Lucius Furius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 136 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 136 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.