Marcus Porcius Cato (suffect consul)
Marcus Porcius Cato was a Roman politician and suffect consul in AD 36.
Cato was a member of the gens Porcia and probably a descendant of the famous supporter of the republican state Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis , the bitter opponent Gaius Julius Caesar , who died in 46 BC. Committed suicide in Utica .
In 27 AD, Marcus Porcius Cato was praetor and in the following year he took part in the plot that Lucius Aelius Seianus had instigated against the Roman knight Titius Sabinus, a follower of Germanicus he hated . Besides Cato, the praetors Lucius Lucanius Latiaris, Petillius Rufus and Marcus Opsius were also involved in the plot. Sabinus was then executed on the orders of Tiberius . The conspirators had induced Sabinus to make careless statements about Tiberius and then reported him in order to ingratiate himself with the emperor and be rewarded with the consulate. While Lucanius and Opsius did not reach their destination, but were executed as followers of Sian, Cato became consul of alcohol for the last part of the year 36. He held the office of curator aquarum for a month , but was then probably also executed.
literature
- Gerhard Winkler: Porcius II 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 1058.
Remarks
- ↑ CIL 15, 1245 ; Latinius latiaris in Tacitus , Annals 4, 71, 1.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 4, 68 ff.
- ↑ Tacitus, Annalen 4, 71, 1.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porcius Cato, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cato, Marcus Porcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 38 |