Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MARC1395 C. Marcius (61) C. f. Q. n. Figulus

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Relationships

grandson of

? Q. Marcius (78) Q. f. Q. n. Philippus (cos. 281) (Zmeskal 2009)

son of

? C. Marcius (C) (son of? Q. Marcius (78) Q. f. Q. n. Philippus (cos. 281)) (Zmeskal 2009)

brother of

T. Marcius (65) Figulus (son of? C. Marcius (C)) (RE)

father of

C. Marcius (62) Figulus (pr. before 129) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Val. Max. IX 3.2

Career

• Praetor 169 fleet, Macedonia, Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Election Liv. 43.11.7 Provinces and armies Liv. 43.11.8, 12.1-11, 15.2-3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Convoyed Philippus and his army to Ambracia, aided them in the Aegean, raided the Macedonian coast and attempted unsuccessfully to besiege Cassandreia (Liv. 44.1.3-4, 2.1-3, 7.10, 9.2, 10-13, and 20.6). Approached by the Rhodian envoys (Polyb. 28.16.3, and 17.10). (Broughton MRR I)
  • p. 735 (Brennan 2000)
• Consul 162 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Obseq. 15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Scipio, Cic. Brut. 79. They had already departed for their provinces, Scipio to{442} Corsica and Marcius to Gaul (Val. Max. 1.1.3), when Gracchus in Sardinia recalled that he had not taken the auspices properly at their election, with the result that they were recalled and compelled to abdicate (Fast. Cap.; Fast. Ant.; Cic. QF 2.2.1; Div. 1.33 and 36; 2.74; ND 2.10-11; Val. Max. 1.1.3; cf. 9.3.2; Plut. Marc. 5.1-3; Gran. Lic. 11 [Bonn]; Auct. Vir. Ill. 44.2). (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 156 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Cic. Brut. 79; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123f., 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Obseq. 16; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Marcius, Val. Max. 9.3.2. Marcius received command in Dalmatia where, after initial reverses, he captured several towns and besieged Delminium (Liv. Per. 47; Flor. 2.25; App. Illyr. 11; Obseq. 16; cf. Polyb. 32.14.2, who mentions commissioners that were sent to Illyria with Marcius). (Broughton MRR I)

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