Marcus Baebius Tamphilus

Marcus Baebius Tamphilus was a politician of the Roman Republic in the 2nd century BC. Chr.

The son of Quintus Baebius Tamphilus and brother of Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus was probably born in 194 BC. Chr. Tribune and in the same year participated in the founding of the colony Sipontum . As praetor in 192 BC He was active in Hispania citerior and Bruttium . In the following year, at the beginning of the Roman-Syrian War , he led the liberation of Thessaly , which had been occupied by Seleucid troops, as a propaetor . 185/184 BC Baebius went as an envoy to the Macedonian king Philip V and to Eumenes II of Pergamon. In 181 BC He was consul and operated in Liguria , where he remained as proconsul the following year and resettled the people of the Ligures Apuani to Samnium , which was named after him Ligures Baebiani.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Baebius [I 12]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp.?.
Hans Georg Gundel : Baebius I. 16. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 800 f.
John Hazel : Baebius Tamphilus, Marcus. In: Who's who in the Roman world. 2nd edition. Routledge, London et al. 2002, ISBN 0-415-29162-3 , p. 35.

personal data
SURNAME	Baebius Tamphilus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tamphilus, Marcus Baebius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Politician of the Roman Republic
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 181 BC Chr.