Lucius Julius Caesar (Proquaestor)
Lucius Iulius Caesar († 46 BC ) was a Roman politician of the late republic. He was the son of the consul of the same name in 64 BC. And 2nd cousin of the famous Gaius Iulius Caesar .
In contrast to his father, the younger Lucius Caesar was a follower of Pompey . After Gaius Iulius Caesar in 49 BC. Having crossed the Rubicon and thus triggered the civil war, he traveled with the praetor Lucius Roscius Fabatus and other senators on behalf of the Senate to Ariminum to negotiate with Caesar. In addition to the official mandate of the Senate, Lucius Caesar also brought private negotiation proposals from Pompey to Caesar. Presumably, Lucius Caesar already belonged to the Senate , so he was no later than 50 BC. Chr. Quaestor been.
After the negotiations in Ariminum, he went to Capua with Roscius and brought a counter-proposal from Caesar to Pompey, the consuls and parts of the Senate who had fled there from Rome. With the answer, Lucius Caesar and Roscius traveled once more to Gaius Caesar.
When the civil war broke out, Lucius Caesar sided with the Senate and Pompey and served mainly in Africa . While Gaius Iulius Caesar was directed against the Pompeians in Spain and besieged Massilia , Gaius Scribonius Curio was supposed to fight the enemy in Sicily and in the province of Africa. Curio embarked with two legions from Sicily towards North Africa and landed near the town of Anquillaria. Lucius Caesar wanted to prevent the Curios landing enterprise. With ten warships he ambushed the enemy fleet at Clupeae, a place 22 miles away from Anquillaria. The attempt to stop Curio's fleet failed and Lucius Caesar fled from the superior force of the enemy. He fled to the nearest beach with his covered three- oarsman and made his way on foot to the town of Hadreckenum . The city was held with a legion by Gaius Considius Longus .
After the unsuccessful Curio campaign, Lucius Caesar remained in Africa and served on the Pompeians' side as Proquaestor under Marcus Porcius Cato . Although he was in 46 BC Was pardoned by Gaius Iulius Caesar, he remained in Africa and was murdered later that year, unclear whether at the instigation of Gaius Caesar.
literature
- Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman repubic . Volume 2. New York 1952, for the years 49 to 46 BC Chr. Vol. 3. Atlanta 1986, p. 109.
- Hans Georg Gundel : Caesar I.5. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 998.
- Wolfgang Will : Iulius I 7. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , column 20 f.
- Friedrich Münzer : Iulius 144 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Col. 471 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Caesar, de bello civili 1, 8; Cassius Dio 41, 5, 3.
- ↑ Caesar, de bello civili 1, 10-11.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Julius Caesar, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caesar, Lucius Iulius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician of the late republic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 46 BC Chr. |