Quintus Marcius Rex (Consul 68 BC)
Quintus Marcius Rex (* before 110 BC; † before May 15, 61 BC) was a Roman politician of the late Republic.
The brother-in-law of Publius Clodius Pulcher , whose eldest sister Clodia he had married, was born in 68 BC. BC Consul , partly as the sole incumbent because his colleague Lucius Caecilius Metellus and his successor as a suffect consul died early in the year. After that, from 67 to 66 BC He was proconsul in Cilicia , which the Senate Lucius Licinius Lucullus had revoked. Here Marcius Rex carried out a military expedition against the local pirates, a problem that 67 BC. Was provisionally dissolved by Pompey . He took a stand in the Syrian succession controversy at that time, with his support Philip II Barypous won the throne. In Antioch he developed a brisk construction activity, especially after the devastating earthquake of 69 BC. Chr.
After his replacement by Pompey, Marcius Rex, who had been proclaimed emperor by his soldiers, demanded a triumph , which he was denied, so that he had to wait several years in Italy without being able to enter Rome, otherwise he would have the opportunity to Triumphal procession would have lost. During the Catilinarian Conspiracy in 63 BC He was sent to Faesulae in Etruria and fought against the Catilinarian Gaius Manlius . It is not known whether he was able to celebrate his triumph. He died before May 15, 61 BC. Chr.
literature
- T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 2: 99 BC - 31 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 2, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1952, pp. 136, 145, 153.
- Hans Georg Gundel : Marcius I 34. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1002.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marcius Rex, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rex, Quintus Marcius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 110 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | before May 15, 61 BC Chr. |