Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VARI1877 Q. Varius (7) Severus Hybrida Sucronensis

Life Dates

  • 124?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R145.

  • 89?, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 29, Alexander no. 109.

  • Before 83?, death (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 29.

Relationships

father of
? Q. Varius (5) (son of? Q. Varius (7) Severus Hybrida Sucronensis (tr. pl. 90)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 90 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 10 Called Sucronensis by Scaurus in Val. Max. 3.7.8, and by Quintilian (Inst. Or. 5.12.10), and the Auct. Vir. Ill. (72.11; cf. Ascon. 22 C, Hispanus). Valerius Maximus explains Hibrida as due to doubts about the validity of his citizenship (8.6.4). See 93, Legates, on Scaurus. (Broughton MRR II)
    • With equestrian aid and against the veto of his colleagues, Varius carried a Lex Varia de Maiestate (Cic. Corn., in Ascon. 79C), applicable to all who had encouraged the Allies to revolt (Val. Max. 3.7.8; 8.6.4; Ascon. 22, and 73C; App. BC 1.37). This court continued after the war had caused the suspension of the others (Cic. Brut. 304). C. Cotta went into exile (Cic. De Or. 3.11; Brut. 305; App. BC 1.37), and Aemilius Scaurus (Cic. Sest. 101; Scaur. 5; Ascon. 22C; Quintil. Inst. Or. 5.12.10; Auct. Vir. Ill. 72.11; cf. Val. Max. 3.7.8), Calpurnius Bestia, Mummius Achaicus (?; App. BC 1.37), L. Memmius, Q. Pompeius (Cic. Brut. 304), and M. Antonius (Cic. Tusc. 2.57) were prosecuted. The next year Varius himself fell a victim (Cic. Brut. 305; ND 3.81; Val. Max. 8.6.4), and the law was suspended (Ascon. 73-74C). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 90. See MRR 2.26-27. For discussion of his law, its context, and its effects, see Gruen, JRS 55, 1965, 59-73; and RPCC 216-220; E. Badian, Quaestiones Variae, Historia 18, 1969, 447-491. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)

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