Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

HOST1562 L. Hostilius (26) Tubulus

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Life Dates

• 141, death - violent (Kelly 2006) Expand

  Suicide. Kelly no. 9, Alexander no. 5.

Relationships

grandson of

? C. Hostilius (25) Tubulus (pr. 209) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

• Praetor 142 quaestio extraordinaria (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Became a byword for accepting bribes while presiding over the quaestio de sicariis. Went into exile when prosecuted by Scaevola (see 141) and took poison when recalled (Cic. Att. 12.5b; ND 1.63- Lucil. 1312 M; 3.74; Fin. 2.54; 4.77; 5.62; Ascon. 23 C; Gell. 2.7.20). (Broughton MRR I)
  • p. 741, footnote 141 (Brennan 2000)

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