SEXT1634 C. Sextius (20) C. f. C. n. Calvinus

Relationships

father of
? C. Sextius (21) Calvinus (pr. before 91) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Praetor before 126 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible dates for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. On Calvinus, see CIL 1 .2.801. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 741, footnote 156 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 124 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Vell. 1.15.4; Obseq. 31; Eutrop. 4.22; Chr. 354 (Longino et Calvino); Fast. Hyd. (Longino et Bulvino); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod. (C. Cassius Longinus et C. Sextius); and on Sextius, Diod. 34.23; Strabo 4.1.5; and on his name, Act. Tr. for 122. See Degrassi 126, 472f. Cassius may have founded Fabrateria to replace Fregellae (Vell. 1.15.4; see 125, Praetors). Sextius, along with his predecessor Fulvius, made war on the Ligurians, the Salluvii and the Vocontii (Diod. 34.23; Eutrop. 4.22; see 123 and 122, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Eutropius has confused the name of Sextius with that of his successor Domitius, the Consul of 122, and has wrongly attributed to Cassius a share in the Gallic war and in the resulting triumph. See 122, Promagistrates; RE s. v. "Domitius" nos. 20 and 46. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Proconsul 123 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Proconsul in command against the Salluvii, whom he defeated (Liv. Per. 61). See 124, Consuls, and 122, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Proconsul 122 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Proconsul in Gaul, where he founded Aquae Sextiae (Liv. Per. 61; Strabo 4.1.5; Vell. 1.15.4; Cassiod), and whence he returned to celebrate a triumph over the Ligurians, Vocontii and Salluvii (Act. Tr., Degrassi 82f., 560; see 124, Consuls, and 123, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 122 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Liguribus, Vocontieis, Salluveisque. MRR I.518, Itgenshorst no. 218, Rich no. 218. (Rich 2014)