Marcus Tullius Decula

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Marcus Tullius Decula was a late Republic Roman politician .

Nothing is known about his origins and career. He was the son of a Marcus Tullius (perhaps the mint master of the same name at the end of the 2nd century BC) and grandson of an Aulus Tullius. No later than 84 BC. He was praetor. 81 BC During the dictatorship of Sulla , he became consul . He was probably a supporter of the dictator , who had earned merit in the previous civil war.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Tullius [I 13]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 905.
  2. ^ Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton : The magistrates of the Roman republic . Volume 2, New York 1952, p. 74.
  3. ↑ Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : Tullius I. 1. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 1001.
personal data
SURNAME Tullius Decula, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Decula, Marcus Tullius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 81 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.