Marcus Junius Pennus (Tribune of the People)
Marcus Junius Pennus (* before 153 BC; † shortly after about 118 BC) was a member of the Roman plebeian family of the Junians and 126 BC. Chr. Tribune .
Life
Marcus Iunius Pennus was the son of the consul of the same name from 167 BC. BC and a few years older than his political opponent Gaius Sempronius Gracchus , whose year of birth was 153 BC. Chr. Is certain.
126 BC Pennus officiated as tribune of the people and in this capacity achieved the passing of a law that was supposed to reduce the political influence of Gaius Gracchus, who was then quaestor in Sardinia . It prescribed the expulsion of all non-citizens from Rome , among whom Gaius Gracchus had many followers.
A few years later, maybe 119 or 118 BC. BC, became Pennus aedile , but died soon afterwards, so that he could no longer reach higher offices of the cursus honorum .
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Iunius 123). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Sp. 1076.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Cicero , Brutus 109 .
- ↑ Cicero, Brutus 109; De officiis 3, 47.
- ↑ On the dating cf. Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman republic . Volume 3: Supplement . Scholars Press, Atlanta 1986, p. 112.
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| SURNAME | Junius Pennus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pennus, Marcus Junius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman tribune 126 BC Chr. And Aedile |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 153 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 118 BC Chr. |