Marcus Furius Camillus (Consul 8)
Marcus Furius Camillus († 37) was a Roman politician and senator in the first half of the 1st century AD.
Camillus came from the old Patrician family of the Furii . His sons were Marcus Furius Camillus, brother of the Arval in 37, and Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus , usurper in 42. His daughter was Livia Medullina . He was also a member of the Arval Brothers College. In the year 8 Camillus became a full consul and in the year 17/18 proconsul of the province of Africa .
Camillus, although he was considered to be bellorum expers (inexperienced in warfare), successfully took up the fight with the legio III Augusta and auxiliary troops there, led by the Numidier Tacfarinas , and received the triumphalia insignia from Emperor Tiberius .
literature
- Bengt E. Thomasson : Fasti Africani. Senatorial and knightly offices in the Roman provinces of North Africa from Augustus to Diocletian. Paul Aström Förlag, Stockholm 1996, ISBN 91-7042-153-6 , p. 29, P 20.
- Werner Eck : Furius II.2. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 4, Metzler, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-476-01474-6 , column 718.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Furius Camillus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Furius, Marcus Camillus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul in 8 |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 37 |