Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

DECI1666 P. Decius (9) (P.? f.) Subolo

Life Dates

  • 155?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R70.

Relationships

son of
? P. Decius (20) Subolo (father of? P. Decius (9) (P.? f.) Subolo (pr. 115)) (Brennan 2000)
father of
? C. Appuleius (21) Decianus (tr. pl. 99 or 98) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 120 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In Liv. Per. 61 the praenomen is Q., but the evidence of Cicero (Brut. 108) and Auct. Vir. Ill. (72.6) favors P. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Prosecuted Opimius for punishing Roman citizens uncondemned, but failed to convict him (see Consuls, on Carbo; Cic. De Or. 2.132-135, 165, 169; Liv. Per. 61; cf. Cic. De Or. 2.106; Brut. 103, and 128; Part. Or. 104, and 106). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Tr. pl. 120, Pr. 115. Badian holds that he was a son of P. Decius Subolo (20), who bore the cognomen himself (Liv. Oxy. Per. 48; Cic. De Or. 2.253 and 277; Val. Max. 6.1.10), and was prominent with Marius in the post-Gracchan period (JRS 46, 1956, 91-96). In his praetorship the consul Aemilius Scaurus had his clothing torn, his curule chair broken, and forbade his judicial activity (Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.6). On his prosecution of Opimius, see Gruen, RPCC 102-105, and on the attack on him, 109-111. On his career and connections, see Badian, op. cit., and comments in Scullard, From the Gracchi to Nero 393. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Praetor 115 Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Because of his refusal to rise out of respect, the Consul Scaurus tore his vestments, broke his official chair, and ordered that none should bring cases to him (Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.6). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Tr. pl. 120, Pr. 115. Badian holds that he was a son of P. Decius Subolo (20), who bore the cognomen himself (Liv. Oxy. Per. 48; Cic. De Or. 2.253 and 277; Val. Max. 6.1.10), and was prominent with Marius in the post-Gracchan period (JRS 46, 1956, 91-96). In his praetorship the consul Aemilius Scaurus had his clothing torn, his curule chair broken, and forbade his judicial activity (Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.6). On his prosecution of Opimius, see Gruen, RPCC 102-105, and on the attack on him, 109-111. On his career and connections, see Badian, op. cit., and comments in Scullard, From the Gracchi to Nero 393. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 745, footnote 222 (Brennan 2000)

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