Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AEMI1645 M. Aemilius (140) M. f. L. n. Cam. Scaurus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Mur. 16, Sall. Jug. 15.4, 28.4-5, Flor. Epit. 2.5.5, Ascon. Scaur. 22C, Amm. Marc. 22.15.24 (confusing him with son, pr 56), Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.1, Schol. Bob. Arch. 176 Stangl

Life Dates

  • 162?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 88, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of
? L. Aemilius (138) Scaurus (grandfather of? M. Aemilius (140) M. f. L. n. Cam. Scaurus (cos. 115)) (RE)
married to
2 Caecilia (134) Metella (daughter of L. Caecilius (91) L. f. Q. n. Metellus Delmaticus (cos. 119)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Pomp. 9.2f., Plut. Sulla 33.3(4)

father of
1 M. Aemilius (137) Scaurus (leg lieut.? 102) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Ampel. 19.10

2 Aemilia (154) (daughter of M. Aemilius (140) M. f. L. n. Cam. Scaurus (cos. 115)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Scaur. 28C, Cic. Verr. I 51, Plut. Pomp. 9.2f., Plut. Sulla 33.3(4)

2 M. Aemilius (141) M. f. M. n. Scaurus (pr. 56) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Scaur. 18C, Asc. Scaur. 22C, Asc. Scaur. 27C, Cic. off. I 138, Cic. Sest. 101

Career

  • Augur 123 to 88 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Pontifex? 123 to 88 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Inaugurated this year (CIL 1 .1, p. 60- ILS 9338; cf. Ascon. 21 C, augur; and see 104, note 7). The name of his predecessor is lost. (Broughton MRR I)
    • This passage more probably refers to this Caesar than to the Consul of 91, for the Drusus whose decision is compared with his was Pr. Urbanus in 115 (see RE no. 17). (Broughton MRR I)
    • As Geer has pointed out (CPh 24 [1929] 292-294), Asconius is probably mistaken in terming Scaurus an Augur, since the incident as told in Suet. Nero 2 is referred to the Pontifices, and the charge brought against him by Domitius implies the functions of a Pontifex. Furthermore Professor L. R. Taylor notes that according to the Fasti Sacerdotum (ILS 9338, 4) Scaurus' successor was Cornelius Scipio Asiagenes at a time, 88 B.C., when Sulla was already an Augur and another Cornelius would probably be excluded from the college (Dio 39.17; see AJPh 63 [1942] 409). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Probably a Pontifex at this time, not an Augur as Asconius calls him (21 C). (Broughton MRR I)
    • L. Cornelius Scipio Asiagenus succeeded M. Aemilius Scaurus. Fast. Sac., CIL 12.1, p. 60-ILS 9338, no. 4. His cognomen in Fast. Cap. for 83 is Asiaticus (Degrassi 54f.). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Aedilis Curulis? 122 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Scaurus' aedileship followed upon distinguished service under Orestes in Sardinia (Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.3). He was probably Praetor in 119, for he sought the consulship of 116 (Cic. Mur. 36). The evidence of Auct. Vir. Ill. indicates that in 121 he was merely an influential private citizen. This is therefore the most probable year for his aedileship. See Seidel, FA 43. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 118 Africa? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • As Scaurus was defeated for the consulate of 116 by Q. Fabius Maximus (Cic. Mur. 36), this is the latest date possible under the Lex Villia for his praetorship. The notice in Auct. Vir. Ill. may involve some confusion of dates, since it seems more probable that King Micipsa of Numidia died in 118 (Liv. Per. 62; see Gsell, Hist. anc. Afr. Nord 7.22). (Broughton MRR I)
    • According to Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.4, he opposed the claim of Jugurtha to the throne of Numidia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 745, footnote 210 (Brennan 2000)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) 116 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Consul 115 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (M. Aemi[li.] Scaurus, M. Ca[ecili.- - - -]); Chr. 354 (Scauro et Megello); Fast. Hyd. (Scauro et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Scaurus, I. Cret. 3.4.10. line 10f.; Cic. Leg. 3.36; Act. Tr.; Plin. NH 8.223; and on Metellus, Vell. 1.11.7; Cic. Fin. 5.82; Val. Max. 7.1.1; Plin. NH 7.142; Plut. Fort. Rom. 4. See Degrassi 127, 474f. Scaurus humbled a disrespectful Praetor (see below, on Decius), carried a sumptuary law (Plin. NH 8.223; Gell. 2.24.12; Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.5), and one relating to voting by libertini (Auct. Vir. Ill.). He subdued some Gallic and Ligurian tribesmen and celebrated a triumph de Galleis Karneis (Act. Tr., Degrassi 84f., 561; Frontin. Str. 4.3.13; cf. Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.7, Ligures Taurisci). See Censors. Metellus held command in Sardinia and Corsica (see 111, Promagistrates; cf. CIL 10.7852, lines 7-8). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Princeps Senatus 115 to after 89 (Ryan 1998) Expand
    • p. 223 (Ryan 1998)
  • Triumphator 115 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Galleis Karneis. MRR I.531, Itgenshorst no. 225, Rich no. 225. (Rich 2014)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 112 Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Sent with several leading senators to induce Jugurtha to cease from besieging Adherbal in Cirta (Sall. Iug. 25.4-11; see Gsell, Hist. anc. Afr. Nord 7.149-151). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 111 Numidia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • He and other nobles engaged, along with the Consul Bestia their commander, in the negotiations with Jugurtha, and were suspected of accepting bribes from him (Sall. Iug. 28.3-5; 29.5; 40.4; cf. 30.2; 32.1). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 109 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Drusus died in office (Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 127, 474f., names not preserved; Fast. Ant., ib. 162f., M. Aemili. Scau[rus], M. L[ivi.- - - -]), but Scaurus refused to abdicate until threatened with imprisonment by the Tribunes (Plut. RQ 50). Scaurus constructed the Via Aemilia through Pisa to Vada and Dertona, and restored the Mulvian bridge (Strabo 5.1.11; Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.8; cf. CIL 11.6664- ILS 5824; see Lamboglia, Athenaeum 15 [1937] 57-68), and either as Censor or as Consul drained some areas of Cispadane Gaul (Strabo). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Special Commissioners 109 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elected to the commission set up by the Lex Mamilia (Sall. Iug. 40.4; cf. Cic. De Or. 2.283; see Tribunes of the Plebs, on Mamilius). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Special Commissioners 104 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • By decree of the Senate he replaced the Quaestor Saturninus in charge of the grain supply at Ostia (Cic. Sest. 39; Har. Resp. 43; Diod. 36.12; see Quaestors). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 93 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 6 The date and character of his legatio remain uncertain. As it was the object of Caepio's attack in 92 this is the latest possible date, but the state of Scaurus' health in his later years and the analogy with Rutilius Rufus both point to a date considerably earlier. Bloch (Aemilius Scaurus 27-33) favors one before 100 B. G. According to Asconius (21 C; cf. Val. Max. 8.1, abs. 10) Caepio accused Scaurus under the Lex Servilia de repetundis for pecunia capta during a legatio Asiatica; but according to Valerius Maximus (3.7.8) Varius in 91 returned to an attack he had made before (Ascon. 22 C) under his Lex de maiestate to accuse him of accepting a bribe from Mithridates to betray the state. Though the phrase legatio Asiatica and the analogy of Rutilius Rufus suggest that Scaurus had once been on the staff of a governor of Asia, the evidence of Valerius Maximus suggests membership of some one of the many embassies to Mithridates between 104 and 93, but which remains impossible to determine (see Th. Reinach, Mithridates Eupator 88-99 [trans. Goetz]; Bloch, op. cit. 27-33). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Ascon. In Scaur. 21 C; cf. Val. Max. 3.7.8; Flor. 2.5.5. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Ambassador)? 93 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 6 The date and character of his legatio remain uncertain. As it was the object of Caepio's attack in 92 this is the latest possible date, but the state of Scaurus' health in his later years and the analogy with Rutilius Rufus both point to a date considerably earlier. Bloch (Aemilius Scaurus 27-33) favors one before 100 B. G. According to Asconius (21 C; cf. Val. Max. 8.1, abs. 10) Caepio accused Scaurus under the Lex Servilia de repetundis for pecunia capta during a legatio Asiatica; but according to Valerius Maximus (3.7.8) Varius in 91 returned to an attack he had made before (Ascon. 22 C) under his Lex de maiestate to accuse him of accepting a bribe from Mithridates to betray the state. Though the phrase legatio Asiatica and the analogy of Rutilius Rufus suggest that Scaurus had once been on the staff of a governor of Asia, the evidence of Valerius Maximus suggests membership of some one of the many embassies to Mithridates between 104 and 93, but which remains impossible to determine (see Th. Reinach, Mithridates Eupator 88-99 [trans. Goetz]; Bloch, op. cit. 27-33). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Ascon. In Scaur. 21 C; cf. Val. Max. 3.7.8; Flor. 2.5.5. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 93 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 6 The date and character of his legatio remain uncertain. As it was the object of Caepio's attack in 92 this is the latest possible date, but the state of Scaurus' health in his later years and the analogy with Rutilius Rufus both point to a date considerably earlier. Bloch (Aemilius Scaurus 27-33) favors one before 100 B. G. According to Asconius (21 C; cf. Val. Max. 8.1, abs. 10) Caepio accused Scaurus under the Lex Servilia de repetundis for pecunia capta during a legatio Asiatica; but according to Valerius Maximus (3.7.8) Varius in 91 returned to an attack he had made before (Ascon. 22 C) under his Lex de maiestate to accuse him of accepting a bribe from Mithridates to betray the state. Though the phrase legatio Asiatica and the analogy of Rutilius Rufus suggest that Scaurus had once been on the staff of a governor of Asia, the evidence of Valerius Maximus suggests membership of some one of the many embassies to Mithridates between 104 and 93, but which remains impossible to determine (see Th. Reinach, Mithridates Eupator 88-99 [trans. Goetz]; Bloch, op. cit. 27-33). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Ascon. In Scaur. 21 C; cf. Val. Max. 3.7.8; Flor. 2.5.5. (Broughton MRR II)

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