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SERT1818 Q. Sertorius (3) Qui.

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Status

• Eques R Expand

  Nicolet Ref 324. Plut. Sert. 2.1.

Life Dates

• 123?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

  Sumner R140, Evans & Kleijwegt p. 195.

• 82, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

  Hinard 82 no. 64

• Before 71, death - violent (DPRR Team) Expand

  Murdered in mutiny.

Career

• Tribunus Militum 97 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Served with distinction under Didius in Nearer Spain, winning the corona graminea at Castulo (Sall. Hist. 1.88 M-Gell. 2.27.2; Plin. NH 22.12; Plut. Sert. 3.3; see 96-93, Tribunes of the Soldiers). (Broughton MRR II)
• Tribunus Militum 96 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See 97-93, Tribunes of the Soldiers. (Broughton MRR II)
• Tribunus Militum 95 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Served under Didius in Nearer Spain (see 97-93, Tribunes of the Soldiers). (Broughton MRR II)
• Tribunus Militum 94 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Served under Didius in Nearer Spain (see 97-93, Tribunes of the Soldiers). (Broughton MRR II)
• Tribunus Militum 93 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Served under Didius in Nearer Spain (see 97-94, Tribunes of the Soldiers). (Broughton MRR II)
• Quaestor 91 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Served in Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops and procured arms for use in the Social War (Plut. Sest. 4.1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Repulsa (Tr. Pl.) 88 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Legatus (Lieutenant) 87 Italia, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Fled with Cinna and returned as one of his chief officers (Liv. Per. 79; Plut. Sert. 4.4-5.3; App. BC 1.65; Flor. 2.9.13; Gran. Lic. 23B; Oros. 5.19.9). His forces encountered those of Pompeius Strabo (Sisenna fr. 129 Peter; Liv. Per. 79; Val. Max. 5.5.4; Gran. Lic. 25B; Oros. 5.19.10-13), and shared in the battle on the Janiculum (Liv. Per. 80; cf. Gran. Lic. .25B). He opposed giving leadership to Marius, and the reign of terror (Plut. Sert. 5). (Broughton MRR II)
• Praetor before 83 Hispania Citerior (Brennan 2000) Expand
  • First assisted Scipio and Norbanus against Sulla, then retired to Etruria, and proceeded from there to his province of Nearer Spain (Plut. Sert. 6.1-3; App. BC 1.86; Ib. 101; cf. Iul. Exup. 7-8, still in Rome at the end of the year). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 748, footnote 292 (Brennan 2000)
• Promagistrate 82 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Retired to Spain where he found popularity and support (Sall. Hist. 1.94M; Plut. Sert. 6.3-5; see 83, Praetors). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 81 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Expelled from Spain by the Proconsul C. Annius, he won support in Africa and in 80 returned at the invitation of the Lusitanians (Sall. Hist. 1.94-103M; Plut. Sert. 7.1-11.1; cf. Flor. 2.10.1-2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 80 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • 6 Sertorius no longer had legal standing with the government in Rome, but continued to use the regular Roman titles for his government in Spain (Plut. Sert. 22.3-23.5; App. BC 1. 108; see 79, Quaestors, on Hirtuleius). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Returned to Spain at the request of the Lusitanians, and defeated Cotta at sea and Fufidius on land (Sall. Hist. 1.104-109M; Plut. Sert. 10.1-12.3; of. App. Ib. 101; see above, Promagistrates, on Cotta and Fufidius). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 79 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See 80, Promagistrates, and note 6; and above, on Caecilius Metellus Pius, Domitius Calvinus, and Hirtuleius. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 78 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See 80, Promagistrates, note 6; and above, on Caecilius Metellus and Manlius. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 77 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • His power in Spain reached its height this year (Plut. Sert. 14-17). See above, on Metellus and Pompey; and Legates, on Perperna. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 76 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See above, on Caecilius Metellus, and Pompey. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 75 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See above, on Metellus and Pompey. Schulten (Sertorius 106f.) dates his alliance with Mithridates of Pontus by 75 at the latest (Cic. Verr. 2.1.87; Leg. Man. 9 and 46; Mur. 32; Sall. Hist. 2.79, and 93M; Liv. Per. 93; Plut. Sert. 23-24; App. Mith. 68, and 70, and 112; Oros. 6.2.12; Ps.-Ascon. 244 Stangl; Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor 1.322f.; 2.1203, note 1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 74 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • See above, Promagistrates, on Metellus and Pompey; below, Legates, on M. Perperna. Cf. App. BC 1.112. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
• Promagistrate 73 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Murdered at Osca by a group of his subordinates (Sall. Hist. 3.84-87 M; Diod. 37.22a; Liv. Per. 96; Vell. 2.30.1; Plut. Sert. 25-28; Comp. Sert. et Eum. 2.3-4; Pomp. 20.2; App. BC 1.113-114; Ib. 101; Flor. 2.10.8-9; Iul. Exup. 8; Eutrop. 6.1.3; Oros. 5.23.13). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)
  • See above, on Pompey. (Broughton MRR II)
• Promagistrate? 72 Hispania (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Murdered at Osca by a group of his subordinates (Sall. Hist. 3.84-87 M; Diod. 37.22a; Liv. Per. 96; Vell. 2.30.1; Plut. Sert. 25-28; Comp. Sert. et Eum. 2.3-4; Pomp. 20.2; App. BC 1.113-114; Ib. 101; Flor. 2.10.8-9; Iul. Exup. 8; Eutrop. 6.1.3; Oros. 5.23.13). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor, more probably in 91 than 90 (Plut. Sert. 4.1), since Plutarch has him elected promptly after his return from Spain and also when the Marsic war was breaking out (#). He was assigned to Cisalpine Gaul, where he levied troops, procured arms, and continued active as a proquaestor (Plut. 4.1-2; cf. Sall. Hist. 1.88M). See Sumner, Orators 107-108; Spann, Sertorius 20-24. Rejected for the tribunate of the plebs of 88 or 87 through Sulla's opposition (Plut. Sert. 4.2; discussion in Spann, 24-30), preferably in 89 for 88, as his defeat appears to precede Sulla's march on Rome in 88 (Plut. loc. cit.; Spann, 24ff.; Ch. F. Konrad, Sertorius 7-12, 204, note 18). No ancient text mentions his praetorship, but the regular assignment of Hisp. Cit. to his command (App. BC 1.86, cf. 108; Ib. 101) at a time much #) earlier than his departure to Spain late in 83 strongly implies that he had held it. Schulten's date in 87 seems to be a slip (Sertorius 38), but Sertorius may well have reached the legal age by 86, and have been praetor in 85 or 84, a date consistent with his activity in Italy (Spann, op. cit.). It seems better, rather than accept an intervening loss of imperium before he went to Spain, to assume that he kept his imperium as procos. (Spann, 37-51; Konrad, 15-26). He may have received command over both Spanish provinces as Annius Luscus did in 81 against him (MRR 2.77; see Badian, Studies 96, 104, note 164-165). Procos. in Spain. See MRR 2.90, and annually to 72 for sources. On his campaigns, see above, on Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius (98), and Cn. Pompeius Magnus (31). Spann places the siege of Contrebia (Liv. 91, fr. 22) in the autumn of 77. If his assassination has been correctly re-dated to 73, the notice regarding it in MRR 2.118 under 72 should be transferred to 73, MRR 2.112, with the addition of references to Strabo 3.4.10, 161C; Amm. Marc. 26.9.9, and with a special reference to App. Mith. 72. On the discovery that the site of Contrebia was at Botorrita, see A. Balil, Epigraphica 42, 1980, 199-202; and now J. S. Richardson, JRS 73, 1983, 33-41. (Broughton MRR III)

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