Quintus Marcius Philippus (Consul 281 BC)
Quintus Marcius Philippus was a politician of the Roman Republic of the Marcier family .
Life
According to the Fasti Capitolini , the father and grandfather of Quintus Marcius Philippus also used the prenomen Quintus . Accordingly, his father was probably the consul from 306 and 288 BC. BC, Quintus Marcius tremulus . Quintus Marcius Philippus arrived in 281 BC. BC together with Lucius Aemilius Barbula to the consulate, was able to celebrate a triumph over the Etruscans and for the first time used proletarians as soldiers. 269 BC He became censor with his consular colleague Lucius Aemilius Barbula . Finally he acted in 263 BC. B.C. as Magister equitum of the dictator Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus , whose task consisted of hammering nails for a hundred years. Instead of his father's nickname tremulus , he adopted the cognomen Philip , which was passed on to his descendants.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Marcius (78). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 2, Stuttgart 1930, Col. 1572 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Cassiodorus , Chronicle ; among others
- ↑ Triumphal Acts; Lucius Cassius Hemina , fragment 21 at Nonius 67, 22.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini.
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| SURNAME | Marcius Philippus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philip, Quintus Marcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 281 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |