Publius Sestius
Publius Sestius (* around 95 BC; † after 35 BC) was a Roman politician in the last decades of the Roman Republic .
Publius Sestius was the son of a tribune of the people . After his quaesture he fought in 63 BC. Under the consul Gaius Antonius Hybrida at Pistoria against Catiline . He then accompanied Antonius as a Proquaestor to Macedonia . For the year 57 BC He was elected tribune of the people. Together with his colleague Titus Annius Milo , he campaigned for the return of Marcus Tullius Cicero from exile. This led to clashes with the gangs of Publius Clodius Pulcher , which is why Sestius was indicted by his opponents (including Publius Vatinius ) the following year . In the process chaired by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus , he was successfully defended by Cicero with a speech he received.
According to his praetur in about 55 BC. Sestius was 52 BC. BC again, this time because of ambitus , accused and again defended by Cicero. 49-48 BC BC Sestius administered the province of Cilicia . After the battle of Pharsalus he went to Gaius Julius Caesar , under whom he continued to hold influential positions. He fought with Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus against King Pharnakes II , the son of the famous Roman enemy Mithridates VI. from Pontos . 46 BC BC Sestius stayed again in Rome. 39 and 35 BC He is mentioned in Senate resolutions.
Publius Sestius was first married to an Albinia and then to Cornelia, a daughter of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus . With his first wife Albinia he had a daughter Sestia and a son Lucius Sestius , who was at times a follower of Marcus Junius Brutus , but was later pardoned by Octavian and in 23 BC. Reached the consulate.
literature
- Marieluise Deißmann-Merten : P. Sestius 4th In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 149.
- Jens Bartels: Sestius [3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , column 476 f.
Web links
Remarks
- ^ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Pro Sestio 6-12.
- ^ Cicero, Pro Sestio passim.
- ↑ Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13,49,1 and Epistulae ad familiares 7,24,2.
- ↑ Cicero, Pro Sestio 6; Epistulae ad familiares 5,6,1 and 13,8,1.
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SURNAME | Sestius, Publius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician in the last decades of the Roman Republic |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 95 BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | after 35 BC Chr. |