Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

IUNI1638 M. Iunius (123) M. f. M. n. Pennus

Life Dates

  • 154?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R73.

Relationships

son of
M. Iunius (122) M. f. M. n. Pennus (cos. 167) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 109M.

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 126 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Gracchus could very well have expressed his opposition to the law of Pennus before departing for Sardinia, since he entered office on December 5, 127, Pennus on December 10, while Orestes did not assume office until January 1, 126, and may not have departed immediately for his province. See Niccolini (FTP 156-158) on the chronological difficulty found by Carcopino (Autour des Gracques 194ff.). Samonati (Bull. Museo Imp. Rom. 7 [1936] 35-40, in Bull. Com. 64 [1936]) dates Gracchus' speech after his return from Sardinia. Cic. Brut. 109 is best taken as referring to the offices of these Consuls, of Pennus, and of Gracchus, all in this year. (Broughton MRR I)
    • He carried a law to prevent non-citizens from settling in Roman towns and to remove those who had done so. This was opposed by C. Gracchus (Cic. Brut. 109; Off. 3.47; Fest. 362 L; cf. FOR 2.131; and perhaps Lucil. 1087 M; see Quaestors). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Aedilis? 119 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Died soon after attaining the aedileship (Cic. Brut. 109; see 126, Tribunes of the Plebs). (Broughton MRR I)
    • His aedileship, which is placed conjecturally in 123 in MRR 1.513, three years after his tribunate, is dated more in accord with the order in Cic. Brut. 109 by Sumner in 119 or 118 (Orators 67). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Aedilis? 118 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Died soon after attaining the aedileship (Cic. Brut. 109; see 126, Tribunes of the Plebs). (Broughton MRR I)
    • His aedileship, which is placed conjecturally in 123 in MRR 1.513, three years after his tribunate, is dated more in accord with the order in Cic. Brut. 109 by Sumner in 119 or 118 (Orators 67). (Broughton MRR III)

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