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AURE1749 L. Aurelius (181) L. f. L. n. Orestes

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grandson of: ? L. Aurelius (179) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 157) (Brennan 2000)
son of: ? L. Aurelius (180) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 126) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of: ? Aurelia (A) Orestilla (daughter of? L. Aurelius (180) L. f. L. n. Orestes (cos. 126)) (DPRR Team)
father of: ? Cn. Aufidius (32) Cn. f. Orestes (cos. 71) (Zmeskal 2009)

Praetor before 105 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
- The latest date possible under the Lex Villia. (Broughton MRR I)
- p. 743 (Brennan 2000)
Consul 103 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
- Aurelius was probably a son of the Consul of 126. (Broughton MRR I)
- Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. ([C. Mari. C. f.] III, (obiit) L. Au[reli. Orestes]); Chr. 354 (Mario III et Horeste); Fast. Hyd. (Mario III et Oreste), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Marius, Elogium, CIL 1 .1, p. 195- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.83; Liv. Per. 67; Eutrop. 5.1.3. See Degrassi 128, 476f. While the Cimbri and the Teutoni moved from Spain to northern Gaul Marius continued his policy of watchful waiting and his military regime of exercise and labor (Caes. BG 2.4.2, cf. 29.4; Vell. 2.12.3; Plut. Sert. 3.2). Orestes died in office (Fast. Ant.; Plut. Mar. 14.7). When Marius was therefore compelled to return for the elections, his consent to reelection for 102 was made to appear an answer to a popular "draft" and Saturninus' appeal to his sense of public duty (Liv. Per. 67; Plut. Mar. 14.6-8). (Broughton MRR I)