Quintus Mucius Scaevola (Augur)

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Quintus Mucius Scaevola (* around 170 BC; † 87 BC ) was a Roman politician ( consul 117 BC) and lawyer . To distinguish it from its cousin of the same name, Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex , it is also referred to with the addition of Augur .

The son of the consul of the same name from 174 BC. BC was especially famous as a legal scholar . Among his students were Lucius Licinius Crassus and shortly before Scaevola's death the young Marcus Tullius Cicero , who had Scaevola appear as a participant in his writings De re publica , De amicitia and De oratore . So far there are no known writings by Scaevola himself.

Scaevola held the offices of Praetur (121 BC), who administered the province of Asia , and of the Consulate (117 BC) at an older age than is usually the case.

Scaevola married a daughter of Gaius Laelius . His own daughter Mucia married his pupil Lucius Licinius Crassus, who in 95 BC. BC together with his relative Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex exercised the consulate.

literature

  • Richard Goulet: Scaevola (Q. Mucius) Augur . In: Richard Goulet (ed.): Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques. Volume 6, CNRS Éditions, Paris 2016, ISBN 978-2-271-08989-2 , pp. 144-147
personal data
SURNAME Mucius Scaevola, Quintus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scaevola the Augur; Scaevola, Quintus Mucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Augur , lawyer and teacher of Cicero
DATE OF BIRTH around 170 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 87 BC Chr.