Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AURE1468 L. Aurelius (179) L. f. L. n. Orestes

Life Dates

  • 200?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R40.

Relationships

father of
? C. Aurelius (178) (son of? L. Aurelius (179) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 157)) (DPRR Team)
L. Aurelius (180) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 126) (RE)
grandfather of
? L. Aurelius (181) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 103) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Legatus (Ambassador) 163 Syria, Macedonia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent to the East with instructions to disarm Syria, now ruled by the minor son of Antiochus IV, burn the warships and hamstring the elephants, and to survey the situation in Macedonia, Galatia, and Cappadocia, also to reconcile the two Ptolemies in Alexandria (Polyb. 31.2.9-14, and 8.4-8; Cic. Phil. 9.4; App. Syr. 46; cf. Durrbach and Roussel, I. de Délos 3.1429, on Octavius' offering at Delos; also Holleaux, {Gr}. 157f.). See 162, Legates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 162 Syria, Macedonia, Galatia, Cappadocia, Aegyptus (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • While they were in Syria Octavius was killed by Leptines of Laodiceia (Polyb. 31.11.1, 12.4, and 33.5; 32.2.1-8, 3.1-3, and 10-13; Cic. Phil. 9.4, and 7, and 14; Diod. 31.29; Plin. NH 34.24; App. Syr. 46-47; Obseq. 15; Zon. 9.25). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 159 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 736 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 157 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 462f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Plin. 33.55; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Iulius, Polyb. 32.10.2. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 147 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent with others to arbitrate the dispute between the Lacedaemonians and the Achaean League, but with instructions to detach a number of important towns from the League, so that the resultant riots at Corinth led to an attack upon them (Polyb. 38.9.1 and 6, and 10.2; Liv. Per. 51, and Oxy. Per. 51, which dates the incident in 147; Pausan. 7.14.1-3; Flor. 1.32.2-3; Dio fr. 72; Eutrop. 4.14; Zon. 9.31). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 146 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Returned to Greece with Mummius (Pausan. 7.16.1). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 146 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The former ambassador (see 147), who returned to Greece with Mummius, is a probable candidate for membership in the commission, but there is no direct evidence. See Legates, Lieutenants. (Broughton MRR I)
    • These and others up to ten in number were sent to assist Mummius in reorganizing Greece (I. v. Olymp. 321-324; Polyb. 39.1.1-4;{468} Cic. Att. 13.4.1, 5.1, 6a, 30.2, 32.3, and 33.3; Mur. 15, on Licinius; Pausan. 7.16.9.10). On Postumius, see Lübker no. 4. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 145 Achaea (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The former ambassador (see 147), who returned to Greece with Mummius, is a probable candidate for membership in the commission, but there is no direct evidence. See Legates, Lieutenants. (Broughton MRR I)
    • The ten Legates sent to assist Mummius in Greece returned home in the spring (Polyb. 39.5.1; see 146, Legates). (Broughton MRR I)

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