Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

FLAV1743 C. Flavius (87) C. f. Fimbria

Status

  • Novus Expand

    Cic. Verr. 2.5.181; Cic. Planc. 12

Life Dates

  • 154?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R85, Develin p. 90.

Relationships

father of
? -. Flavius (86) Fimbria (pr.? before 81) (Brennan 2000)
C. Flavius (88) Fimbria (leg. 87-85) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. b.c. 1.91 (421)

Career

  • Repulsa (Tr. Pl.) before 108 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Praetor before 106 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • As Fimbria was a novus homo and met strong opposition to his candidacy for the consulship (Cic. Planc. 12; Verr. 2.5.181), his praetorship may well have preceded the latest legal date. (Broughton MRR I)
    • The latest date possible under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 743, footnote 179 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 104 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • CIL 1 .2.679; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([C. Mari. C. f.] II, C. F[1]avi. Fimbr.); Ascon. 78, and 81 C; Obseq. 43; Chr. 354 (Mario II et Fimbrio); Fast. Hyd. (Mario II et Timbria); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; and on Fimbria, Cic. Verr. 2.5.181; Planc. 12; Rab. Perd. 21; Off. 3.77; Val. Max. 7.2.4, with praenomen L. See Degrassi 128, 476f. Marius celebrated his triumph over Jugurtha on the first of January (Elogia, CIL 1(2).1, p. 195- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.83, and 17; Sall. Iug. 114.3; Act. Tr., Degrassi 84f., 561; Liv. Per. 67; Val. Max. 2.2.3; 6.9.14; 8.15.7; Vell. 2.12.1; Lucan Pharsal. 3.903; Plin. NH 33.12; Suet. Iug. 11; Plut. Mar. 12.2-5; Sull. 3.3; Flor. 1.36.17; Dio 48.4.5; Eutrop. 4.27.6; Oros. 5.15.19), and deposited considerable booty in the treasury (Plut. Mar. 12.4). He immediately received command in Gaul against the Cimbri, the Teutoni, and their allies (Cic. Leg. Man. 60; Prov. Cons. 19, and 32; Sall. Iug. 114.3; Liv. Per. 67; Vell. 2.12.1-2; Flor. 1.38.4-5; Auct. Vir. Ill. 67.2; Oros. 5.16.7), and used the respite given by their invasion of Spain (Liv. Per. 67; Plut. Mar. 14.1; Obseq. 43) to gather a new army, reorganize both it and the old one, and give them a severe training (Cic. Mil. 9; Strabo 4.1.8; Vell. 2.12.3; Ps.-Cic. Ad Octavian. 10; Plin. NH 3.34; 10.16; Frontin. Str. 4.2.2; Plut. Mar. 12-16; Sert. 3; Veget. RM 3.10; Fest. 22, and 134-135 L). He was reelected Consul in his absence (Liv. Per. 67; Plut. Mar. 14.6). Fimbria's acts are unrecorded, but he was later prosecuted, the charge not stated, with Aemilius Scaurus witnessing against him, and was acquitted (Cic. Font. 24; Val. Max. 8.5.2). See Praetors, on Memmius. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 104. He probably governed a province either in his consulship or as proconsul after it, since he was accused of res repetundae and acquitted (Cic. Font. 24; Val. Max. 8.5.2). The date would be late in 103 or early in 102, since the prosecutor was M. Gratidius (Cic. Brut. 168; De Or. 2.2), who was killed while serving as a praefectus under M. Antonius in Cilicia (MRR 1.569). See Malcovati, ORF2 nos. 54 and 55, pp. 206-207; and Gruen, RPCC 174-176, 192-193. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul? 103 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 104. He probably governed a province either in his consulship or as proconsul after it, since he was accused of res repetundae and acquitted (Cic. Font. 24; Val. Max. 8.5.2). The date would be late in 103 or early in 102, since the prosecutor was M. Gratidius (Cic. Brut. 168; De Or. 2.2), who was killed while serving as a praefectus under M. Antonius in Cilicia (MRR 1.569). See Malcovati, ORF2 nos. 54 and 55, pp. 206-207; and Gruen, RPCC 174-176, 192-193. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul? 102 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Cos. 104. He probably governed a province either in his consulship or as proconsul after it, since he was accused of res repetundae and acquitted (Cic. Font. 24; Val. Max. 8.5.2). The date would be late in 103 or early in 102, since the prosecutor was M. Gratidius (Cic. Brut. 168; De Or. 2.2), who was killed while serving as a praefectus under M. Antonius in Cilicia (MRR 1.569). See Malcovati, ORF2 nos. 54 and 55, pp. 206-207; and Gruen, RPCC 174-176, 192-193. (Broughton MRR III)

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