Marcus Junius Silanus (Consul 109 BC)

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Marcus Junius Silanus came from the Roman noble family of Junier and officiated in 109 BC. As consul .

Life

Due to the very inadequate sources on the history of the Roman Republic in the second half of the 2nd century BC. Only a reconstruction of the offices of the cursus honorum , which Marcus Iunius Silanus held before his consulate, is possible based on uncertain assumptions . Around 145 BC He could have officiated as mint master . Furthermore, he is perhaps with that tribune Marcus Iunius D. f. identical, the 124 or 123 BC BC introduced a law of repetition (lex Iunia) , which was a forerunner of the lex Acilia repetundarum of the tribune Manius Acilius Glabrio (123/122 BC). About 113 or 112 BC BC Silanus may have been praetor , perhaps in Spain.

As the first representative of his family, the Iunii Silani , Silanus reached 109 BC. The consulate to which he was elected together with Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus . While Metellus was supposed to continue the war against the Numidian king Jugurtha , Silanus took over the fight against the Cimbri . In order to increase the military strength of Rome, Silanus abolished the exemptions from military service. Probably even before the military clash with the consul, the wandering Cimbri had submitted the application, which the Senate had rejected, to obtain settlement sites on Roman territory. Silanus went to meet this people with an army, but suffered a defeat at an unspecified place in Gallia Transalpina. Because of this failure, the tribune Gnaeus Domitius raised Ahenobarbus in 104 BC. Charges against him were unsuccessful: a clear majority voted for an acquittal of Silanus.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ K.-L. Elvers, Der Neue Pauly , Vol. 6, Col. 65.
  2. ^ Asconius , p. 68 ed. Clark.
  3. ↑ So Florus 1, 38, 2; the Livius epitome ( periochae 65) the request of the Cimbri to settle is probably wrongly made only after their victory over Silanus.
  4. ^ Livius, periochae 65; Florus 1, 38, 2-4; Velleius Paterculus 2, 12, 2; Asconius, p. 68 ed. Clark; Eutropius (4, 27, 3) speaks incorrectly of a success of Silanus.
  5. ^ Cicero , divinatio in Q. Caecilium 67; in Verrem actio 2, 118; Asconius, p. 80 ed. Clark.
personal data
SURNAME Junius Silanus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silanus, Marcus Junius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 109 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr.