Quintus Mucius Scaevola (Consul 174 BC)

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Quintus Mucius Scaevola was a Roman consul and politician.

Origin and family environment

Quintus Mucius Scaevola came from the plebeian nobility of the Roman Republic . Although the Mucier of descent from that in the Roman monarchy occurring Mucius Scaevola boasted this legendary lineage is unlikely because the v until the 3rd century. Members of the sexes who appeared were undoubtedly plebeians. So did his father Quintus Mucius Scaevola , who lived in 215 BC. Chr. Praetor was. Quintus' older brother was the consul of 175 BC. BC, Publius Mucius Scaevola . His son Quintus Mucius Scaevola held the post of consul in 117 BC. Chr.

Life and political career

The year of birth of Quintus Mucius Scaevola is unknown, but must have been in the later 3rd century BC. BC, because you had to be 43 years old to get the consulate. Like his father and brother Publius, he was a supporter and follower of the powerful and influential nobility family of the Fulvians . Therefore both brothers were born in 179 BC. Elected praetors when the two Fulvian brothers Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and Lucius Manlius Acidinus Fulvianus were consuls. His older brother Publius became praetor urbanus , while Sicily himself was assigned as a province. For the year 174 BC He was then elected consul with Spurius Postumius Albinus Paullulus . When war broke out with the Macedonian king Perseus in 171 BC. He was placed as a consular with others as a military tribune to the incumbent consul Publius Licinius Crassus . In an equestrian battle on the Kallinikos in Thessaly , which was unhappy for Rome, he led the teams of the center. Crassus, who was probably dissatisfied with his achievements, then sent him with 2,000 men to take and occupy Ambrakia . After that it is no longer mentioned in ancient literature.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Livy , from urbe condita 40, 44, 2.
  2. ^ Livy, from urbe condita 42, 49, 9.
  3. ^ Livy, from urbe condita 42, 58, 13.
personal data
SURNAME Mucius Scaevola, Quintus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 2nd century BC Chr.