Marcus Junius Silanus (Praetor 77 BC)

Marcus Iunius Silanus (Murena?) Was a Roman politician and 77 BC. BC Praetor .

Life

Marcus Iunius Silanus belonged to the Roman plebeian aristocratic family of the Junier and possibly carried the surname Murena in addition to the cognomen Silanus , which could indicate an original origin from the Licinii Murenae family . According to an inscription from Priene , he officiated at the beginning of the 1st century BC. In the province of Asia as quaestor .

The next well-known station in his cursus honorum is the praetur, which he gave in 77 BC. Clad. In the following year 76 BC When he assumed the position of proconsul in Asia , he observed a heavenly phenomenon with his entourage. From his province he took a portrait of the Athenian painter Nikias with him to Rome , which was later transferred to the Curia Iulia on the orders of the Emperor Augustus . Possibly he was the father of the consul of the same name from 25 BC. The year of his death is unknown.

literature

Friedrich Münzer : Junius 170 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Col. 1095.
Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Junius [I 33]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , column 65.

Remarks

↑ The Cognomen Murena appears, not without controversy, on an inscription from Priene , Inscriptions from Priene 121 ( online ). Accordingly, he was possibly originally a Licinius Murena, who was adopted by a Iunius Silanus (the consul of 109 BC ?). Cf. Gerd Stumpf: C. Atinius CF, praetor in Asia 122-121 BC. BC, on a kistophor . In: Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy . Volume 61, 1985, pp. 186-190.
^ Inscriptions from Priene 121. The exact date is disputed in the research, see Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman republic . Vol. 3: Supplement . Atlanta 1986, p. 114. Arthur Keaveney: Who were the Sullani? In: Klio 66, 1984, pp. 119-121, has suggested that Silanus' in the 89 BC year of office. Was in Asia. Gerd Stumpf: C. Atinius CF, praetor in Asia 122-121 BC Chr., On a cistophore , however, represents a date to the beginning of the 90s of the 1st century BC at the latest. Chr.
^ The governorship is also mentioned in Inscriptions from Mylasa 109 ( online ).
↑ Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 2, 100.
↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 35, 27 and 35, 131.

personal data
SURNAME	Junius Silanus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Silanus, Marcus Junius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman praetor
DATE OF BIRTH	2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 76 BC Chr.

[1] The Cognomen Murena appears, not without controversy, on an inscription from Priene , Inscriptions from Priene 121 ( online ). Accordingly, he was possibly originally a Licinius Murena, who was adopted by a Iunius Silanus (the consul of 109 BC ?). Cf. Gerd Stumpf: C. Atinius CF, praetor in Asia 122-121 BC. BC, on a kistophor . In: Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy . Volume 61, 1985, pp. 186-190.

[2] Inscriptions from Priene 121. The exact date is disputed in the research, see Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman republic . Vol. 3: Supplement . Atlanta 1986, p. 114. Arthur Keaveney: Who were the Sullani? In: Klio 66, 1984, pp. 119-121, has suggested that Silanus' in the 89 BC year of office. Was in Asia. Gerd Stumpf: C. Atinius CF, praetor in Asia 122-121 BC Chr., On a cistophore , however, represents a date to the beginning of the 90s of the 1st century BC at the latest. Chr.

[3] The governorship is also mentioned in Inscriptions from Mylasa 109 ( online ).

[4] Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 2, 100.

[5] Pliny, Naturalis historia 35, 27 and 35, 131.