Quintus Ligarius
Quintus Ligarius († around 42 BC) was a politician and military man of the outgoing Roman Republic, supporter of the Senate Party in the civil war between Gaius Iulius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus .
As a legate of the Proprätor Gaius Considius Longus , Ligarius administered in 50 BC BC provisionally the province of Africa , while Longus applied for the consulate in Rome . After the outbreak of civil war in the spring of 49, he let the Pompeian Publius Attius Varus take over the province and raise two legions there. On the other hand, he refused to land in Africa for Longus' successor, Lucius Aelius Tubero , appointed by the Senate . Even after the crushing defeat of Pompey in the battle of Pharsalus , Ligarius remained in Africa and continued the fight against the Caesarians. When Caesar had conquered the province in the battle of Thapsus in February 46 , Ligarius was pardoned, but was not allowed to return to Rome. At the end of 46 he was accused by Quintus , son of Lucius Aelius Tubero, before the dictator Caesar of high treason ( perduellio ) because he had fought with the Numid king Juba I , who had been declared an enemy of the state , and by Marcus Tullius Cicero in his speech Pro Q. Ligario successfully defended. With Caesar's permission back in Rome, Ligarius joined the conspirators against the dictator. He was probably killed with them in the fighting after Caesar was murdered.
swell
- Cicero: Three speeches before Caesar , lat.-dt. Transl. And ed. by Marion Giebel, Reclam, Stuttgart 1999.
literature
- Jeffrey P. Johnson: The Dilemma of Cicero's Speech for Ligarius. In: J. Powell, J. Paterson (Eds.): Cicero. The Advocate. Oxford Univ. Press, 2004, pp. 371-399.
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| SURNAME | Ligarius, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ligarius, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician of the late republic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 42 BC Chr. |