Legatus (Lieutenant)?
89
Italia
(Broughton MRR II)
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21 In Appian he title of Cosconius is #. He is almost certainly the Cosconius who was Proconsul in 77 or 76 in Illyricum, and whose praetorship would normally have preceded that command by only a year. See 78, Pro-magistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
Held command in Apulia where he reduced a series of towns, including Venusia, and the tribe of the Pediculi (Liv. Per. 75; App. BC 1.52). (Broughton MRR II)
Leg., lieut., or pr.? 89. In MRR 2.36 and 39, note 21, refer also to Diod. 37.2.8.[76]
(Broughton MRR III)
Praetor
89
quo senatus censuisset
(Brennan 2000)
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See Legates, and note 9. (Broughton MRR II)
Leg., lieut., or pr.? 89. In MRR 2.36 and 39, note 21, refer also to Diod. 37.2.8.[76]
(Broughton MRR III)
4 Münzer's identification of Cosconius with the commander in Apulia in 89 seems very probable (RE), but the precise date of his command in Illyricum remains uncertain. War there probably began in 78 and ended in 76 (Eutrop. 6. 1. 1; 6.4). It had certainly ended before 74, when M. Atilius Bulbus, who was convicted of maiestas for tampering with the legions of Cosconius (Cic.), served as a juror in the trial of Oppianicus (Cic. Cluent. 71-72 and 97; Verr. 1.39). (Broughton MRR II)
Proconsul in Illyrieum, where he occupied portions of the Dalmatian coast, and captured Salonae after two years of campaigning (Cic. Cluent. 97; Eutrop. 6.4; Oros. 5.23.23; of. Sall. Hist. 2.39-40M; Val. Max. 8. 1, abs. 8). (Broughton MRR II)