Lucius Gellius Publicola (Consul 72 BC)
Lucius Gellius (Publicola) was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC. Chr .
As homo novus Gellius was no later than 96 v. Chr. Aedile and 94 v. BC praetor peregrinus , then 93 BC BC Promagistrate in one of the eastern provinces, probably Asia . He tried to mediate in the disputes of the Athenian schools of philosophy and made himself a mockery of his contemporaries. Not until 72 BC He became consul with Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus , first defeated a group of rebellious slaves of Spartacus under Crixus , but was then defeated by Spartacus himself and then released from office by the Senate with his colleague, but was nevertheless relieved of office with his former colleague Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus 70 BC Chr. Censor . In this position he expelled 64 senators from the Senate.
67 to 65 BC Gellius was the legate of Pompey in the pirate war and charged with guarding the Italian coast and controlling the Tyrrhenian Sea . 63 BC He supported Cicero's actions against the Catilinarians , 59 BC. He opposed Caesar's agrarian law and stepped in 57 and 55 BC. In the Senate.
His son of the same name is said to have committed adultery with his second wife.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : L. Gellius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , Sp. 896.
- Friedrich Münzer : Gellius 17. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Sp. 1001-1003.
Remarks
- ↑ According to Karl-Ludwig Elvers, L. Gellius , in: Der Neue Pauly , Vol. 4 (1998), Col. 896, it was only the son of Lucius Gellius who bore this surname.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gellius Publicola, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gellius, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 55 BC Chr. |