Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

LICI1646 Licinia (181) C. f.

Status

Life Dates

  • Before 140?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 113, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    Executed.

Relationships

daughter of
C. Licinius (52) Crassus (tr. pl. 145) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. dom. 136

sister of
-. Licinius (6) Crassus? (son of C. Licinius (52) Crassus (tr. pl. 145)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio frg. 85 (1) (XXV), Macr. sat. I 10.5f.

Career

  • Virgo Vestalis? 130 to 124 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Virgo Vestalis 123 to 113 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Ovid (Fasti 5.155) is thought to have confused Licinia with Claudia who dedicated a sanctuary on the Aventine to the Bona Dea, but no evidence connects Licinia's dedication with this sanctuary (see Fraser, ad loc.). (Broughton MRR I)
    • The ara, aedicula, and pulvinar she dedicated below the rock on the Aventine were disallowed by the Pontifices on the ground that the dedication had not been ordained by the people (Cic. Dom. 136). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Accused of incest, and tried before the Pontifices, Aemilia on December 16, Licinia on December 18 (Fenestella in Macrob. Sat. 1.10.5). Dissatisfaction with the decision to condemn Aemilia and acquit the others led in 113 to the establishment of a special court under Cassius (see 113, Tribunes of the Plebs, and Special Prosecutor). (Broughton MRR I)

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