Lucius Porcius Licinus (Consul 184 BC)
Lucius Porcius Licinus was a member of the Roman plebeian dynasty of the Porcians and in 184 BC. Chr. Consul .
Life
Lucius Porcius Licinius, whose affiliation is known through the Fasti Capitolini , was the son of the praetor of the same name from 207 BC. BC, who took part in the battle of the Metaurus , which was victorious for the Romans in the Second Punic War .
The first known office of the cursus honorum of Lucius Porcius Licinus is his praetur , which he gave in 193 BC. Together with five other Roman nobles, he was assigned Sardinia as a province. In his first candidatures for the highest office of the state he could not prevail, but in the end the one for the consulate from 184 BC. Crowned by success. His counterpart was Publius Claudius Pulcher . Both consuls waged a campaign against the Ligurians with little success . In the course of this Ligurian War, Lucius Porcius Licinus vowed a temple to the goddess Venus Erycina , which his son of the same name three years later, in 181 BC. Was to consecrate in front of the Porta Collina in Rome .
There is no record of the further fate of Lucius Porcius Licinus after his consulate.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Porcius 23). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXII, 1, Stuttgart 1953, Col. 215.
Remarks
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 184 BC Chr .: Lucius Porcius L. f. M. n. Licinus .
- ↑ Livy 34, 54, 2 and 34, 55, 6.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 184 BC Chr .; Livy 39, 32, 8f. u. ö .; Cicero , Brutus 60.
- ↑ Livy 39, 44, 11 and 39, 45, 3.
- ↑ Livy 40, 34, 4.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porcius Licinus, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Licinus, Lucius Porcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 184 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 232 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 184 BC Chr. |