IUVE1507 P. Iuventius (31) Thalna

Life Dates

  • 148, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    KIA, against forces of Andriscus.

Career

  • Praetor 149 Macedonia/Achaea, Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The cognomen Thalna, general in his family, is inferred from the punning type of the {Gr} on his coins (see Head, HN 2 239, and references there). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Opposed Andriscus in Macedonia (Liv. Oxy. Per. and Per. 50; Flor. 1.30.4; Eutrop. 4.13; Oros. 4.22.9; Zon. 9.28; cf. Diod. 32.9; and Head, HN 239, on his coins; A.- J. Reinach, Jour. Int. Arch. Num. 15 [1913] 136-139). See 148. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 740 (Brennan 2000)
  • Promagistrate 148 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • From Livy (Oxy. Per. 50) it appears that his defeat and death should be dated in 148. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Killed and his army destroyed in Thessaly by Andriscus the pretender to the throne of Macedon (Liv. Oxy. Per. 50, and Per. 50; Flor. 1.30.4; Eutrop. 4.13; Oros. 4.22.9; Zon. 9.28; cf. Diod. 32.9; Head, HN 239, on his coins and those of the victor). See 149, Praetors.{462} (Broughton MRR I)