Quintus Lutatius Catulus (Consul 78 BC)
Quintus Lutatius Catulus († between 62 and 60 BC) was a Roman politician of the late Republic .
Catulus was the son of the consul of the same name from 102 BC. Like his father, he turned in 87 BC. Against Marius and Cinna and fled Rome, probably to Sulla in Greece. No later than 81 BC He must have been praetor . 78 BC He became consul and fought his colleague Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , who wanted to revoke the measures of the dictator Sulla. On the initiative of Catulus and Pompeius , Sulla was decided to have the first state funeral of the late Roman Republic by resolution of the senate. As proconsul in 77 BC BC he defeated Lepidus when he moved against Rome. 65 BC He was censor , but got into a dispute with his colleague Marcus Licinius Crassus , which is why the census remained unfinished.
Catulus was entrusted with the restoration of the burned Jupiter temple on the Capitol , which he 69 BC. Inaugurated. He also built the state archive ( tabularium ) on the slope of the Capitol to the Roman Forum . Since no later than 73 BC He was pontiff . 63 BC BC he was defeated by Gaius Julius Caesar in the election of Pontifex Maximus . He died between 62 and 60 BC. Chr.
literature
- T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Volume 2: 99 BC-31 BC (= Philological Monographs. Number 15, Volume 2). American Philological Association, New York 1952, p. 583 (register of persons) and the entries for the years mentioned there.
- Hans Georg Gundel : Lutatius 5. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 793.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lutatius Catulus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Catulus, Quintus Lutatius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician; Consul 78 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 62 BC BC and 60 BC Chr. |