OPPI1892 Q. Oppius (20) Q. f.

Career

  • Praetor before 88 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 3 Oppius' title when in Cilicia in 88 was Proconsul (Liv. Per. 7 8). His praetorship therefore dates from not later than 89. (Broughton MRR II)
    • See 88, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 89? Procos. Cilicia 88. See MRR 2.42. In J. M. Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 11- 16, Document 2 records his appeal from Laodiceia for assistance against Mithridates and the decision of Aphrodisias-Plarasa to give it with all its forces, while Document 3 (ibid. 16-20) records a letter from him in Cos (probably in 85 and certainly after Mithridates released him at Sulla's demand, App. Mith. 112) in which he responds to an embassy from the city and accepts the position of patron. Mistakenly termed legatus in Gran. Lic. 35.75, ed. Criniti. In MRR 2.42, on his coinage, see also Crawford, RRC 1.545-546, no. 550, 88 B.C.? Crawford is uncertain regarding the place and date of the coinage, but associates it tentatively with the governor of Cilicia in 88. See now E. Badian, ?Q. Oppius Pr.,? ANSMusN 29, 1984, 99-102.[152x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 747, footnote 276 (Brennan 2000)
  • Proconsul 88 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia (Liv. Per. 78; cf. Posidon. in Athen. 5.213A, FGrH 2A, p. 245; App. Mith. 17, 20; Gran. Lic. 35B, Legatus). He opposed the forces of Mithridates in southern Asia Minor, retired on Laodiceia on the Lycus, where he was besieged and captured (Liv. Per. 78; App. Mith. 17, and 20, cf. 112; Gran. Lic. 35B; cf. coins, Grueber, CRRBM 1.541; and Münzer's discussion in RE, no. 21). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 89? Procos. Cilicia 88. See MRR 2.42. In J. M. Reynolds, Aphrodisias and Rome 11- 16, Document 2 records his appeal from Laodiceia for assistance against Mithridates and the decision of Aphrodisias-Plarasa to give it with all its forces, while Document 3 (ibid. 16-20) records a letter from him in Cos (probably in 85 and certainly after Mithridates released him at Sulla's demand, App. Mith. 112) in which he responds to an embassy from the city and accepts the position of patron. Mistakenly termed legatus in Gran. Lic. 35.75, ed. Criniti. In MRR 2.42, on his coinage, see also Crawford, RRC 1.545-546, no. 550, 88 B.C.? Crawford is uncertain regarding the place and date of the coinage, but associates it tentatively with the governor of Cilicia in 88. See now E. Badian, ?Q. Oppius Pr.,? ANSMusN 29, 1984, 99-102.[152x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • Monetalis c. 88 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 550 (RRC)