Publius Licinius Crassus (Consul 97 BC)

Publius Licinius Crassus († 87 BC ) was a Roman politician of the outgoing republic and father of the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus .

He came from the most famous branch of the plebeian family of the Licinier , the Licinii Crassi. He was about 102 BC. Chr. Aedile and was 97 v. Chr. Consul .

Probably still in this office he went to Spain as governor of the province of Hispania ulterior , where he also stayed as proconsul for the next few years and fought against the Lusitans . When he returned in 93 BC He received a triumph .

In the alliance war he served in 90 BC. Under Lucius Julius Caesar as a legate and suffered a defeat in Lucania , so that he had to retreat to Grumentum . In the following year 89 BC He became censor together with Caesar .

During the riots in 87 BC He served under the consul Gnaeus Octavius in the fight against Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna . After one of his sons was killed by the popular military tribune Gaius Flavius Fimbria , he committed suicide (Crassus may also have died before his son).

literature

Hans Georg Gundel : Licinius I 20. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 636.

Remarks

↑ Cicero, de officiis 2, 57 .
↑ Cicero, per Sestio 48 ; de oratore 3, 10 ; per Scauro 1, 3 ; Tusculanae disputationes 5, 55 ; Titus Livius , periocha 80 ; Diodorus 37, 29, 5; Lukan, Pharsalia 2, 124 ; Plutarch, Crassus 4, 1 ; Florus, epitome 2, 9 ; Appian, Civil Wars 1, 72 .

personal data
SURNAME	Licinius Crassus, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Crassus, Publius Licinius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 97 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	before 139 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	87 BC Chr.

[1] Cicero, de officiis 2, 57 .

[2] Cicero, per Sestio 48 ; de oratore 3, 10 ; per Scauro 1, 3 ; Tusculanae disputationes 5, 55 ; Titus Livius , periocha 80 ; Diodorus 37, 29, 5; Lukan, Pharsalia 2, 124 ; Plutarch, Crassus 4, 1 ; Florus, epitome 2, 9 ; Appian, Civil Wars 1, 72 .