Quintus Lucretius Vespillo
Quintus Lucretius Vespillo was a Roman politician and military officer in the 1st century BC. Chr.
In the civil war between Gaius Iulius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus , Lucretius initially stood on the side of the Pompeians and was defeated in 49 BC. Chr. Entrusted with a fleet command. In 43 BC BC it was proscribed by the triumvirs . His wife Turia saved him by hiding him in a room between the ceiling of her bedroom and the roof of the house, ignoring the danger she posed. For this reason, it was assumed that her husband could be the author of the so-called Laudatio Turiae , but this is now considered to be incorrect. He was later pardoned.
In the year 20 BC Because of unrest in Rome during the consulate elections, Lucretius was sent as special envoy of the Senate to Augustus , who was staying in the east of the Roman Empire , who made him consul for 19 BC. Appointed.
literature
- Bernhard Kytzler : women of antiquity. From Aspasia to Zenobia . Artemis, Munich & Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7608-1224-4 , pp. 168–169.
Remarks
- ↑ If the fleet commander Lucretius Vespillo , mentioned in Caesar, De bello civili 3, 7, can also be identified with the Pompeian officer Q. Lucretius (Caesar, De bello civili 1, 18), he was already a senator in 49, so at least had that Completed bursary.
- ↑ Appian : Civil Wars 4:44 ; Valerius Maximus 6, 7, 2
- ↑ So z. B. Theodor Mommsen: Two Sepulcral speeches from the time of August and Hadrian . In: Theodor Mommsen: Collected writings. Volume 1: Legal Writings. Part 1. Weidmann, Berlin 1905, pp. 393-428 (first 1863).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lucretius Vespillo, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vespillo, Quintus Lucretius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 49 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 20 BC Chr. |