Marcus Fulvius Nobilior (Consul 189 BC)

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Marcus Fulvius Nobilior was a politician of the Roman Republic at the beginning of the 2nd century BC. Chr.

Fulvius was a curular aedile in 196 and 193 BC. BC Praetor , each time together with Gaius Flaminius . In his praetor and the two following years as a propaetor he waged war in Spain (Hispania ulterior) and was defeated in 191 BC. With the small form of the triumphal procession , the ovatio .

In the elections for 189 BC In BC Fulvius was appointed consul on the first day and then pushed through the election of Gnaeus Manlius Vulso against his two patrician competitors. At this time the republic was in the Roman-Syrian war against the Seleucid Empire . Its king, Antiochus the Great , had already been decisively defeated, but the Aetolian League, allied with him, began a new offensive in central Greece, which put Philip V of Macedon, allied with Rome, in distress.

Fulvius landed with fresh troops in Greece and besieged the city ​​of Ambrakia, which was important for the Aitolians . After it became apparent that Antiochus would withdraw from the war, the Aitolian peace negotiations with Nobilior began. Ambrakia then opened its gates to the consul. Upon his return, Fulvius was granted a triumphal procession. He had works of art captured in Greece installed in Rome in the newly built Temple of Hercules Musarum and in Tusculum. The poet Ennius praised Fulvius in his epic Annales .

In 179 BC Fulvius Nobilior became censor . Together with his colleague Marcus Aemilius Lepidus he had the Basilica Aemilia (originally Basilica Aemilia et Fulvia ) built.

His sons Marcus and Quintus also gained the consulate.

About Fulvius Nobilior reported Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita book 38, 1-11.

literature

  • Michèle Ducos: Fulvius Nobilior (center). In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques . Volume 3, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-271-05748-5 , p. 434
  • Friedrich Münzer : Fulvius 91). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 265-267.
  • Werner Suerbaum : M. Fulvius Nobilior. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 536 f.
  • Gregor Maurach : History of Roman Philosophy. An introduction. 3rd, revised edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2006, ISBN 3-534-19129-3 , pp. 14-18
  • André Walther: M. Fulvius Nobilior. Politics and culture in the time of the Middle Republic (= studies on ancient history. 22). Verlag Antike, Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-938032-88-6 (also: Dresden, Technical University, dissertation, 2012; also: Paris, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), dissertation, 2012).
personal data
SURNAME Fulvius Nobilior, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nobilior, Marcus Fulvius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.