Marcus Livius Salinator
Marcus Livius Salinator was a Roman senator and military officer in the 3rd century BC. Chr.
In 219 BC He was consul with Lucius Aemilius Paullus and fought with his colleague against the Illyrians. Both received a triumph for their successes , but Livy was subsequently convicted of alleged embezzlement of booty. He withdrew from Rome for a few years and did not return until the Second Punic War .
In his second consulate in 207 BC Together with his colleague Gaius Claudius Nero , he defeated the advancing troops of Hasdrubal in the battle of Metaurus . In the same year, Livy also became a dictator for holding elections. In the following years he worked as a proconsul in Etruria and Northern Italy, before becoming a proconsul in 204 BC. BC, again together with Claudius Nero, was elected censor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Livius XXII 35, 3; Polybios III 16.7 and 18f
- ^ Pseudo- Aurelius Victor , De viris illustribus 50, 1.
- ↑ Val. Max. 2.9.6.
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| SURNAME | Livy Salinator, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salinator, Marcus Livius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician, consul in 219 and 207 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 204 BC Chr. |