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LICI1930 L. Licinius (122) L. f. Murena

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son of

L. Licinius (121) Murena (pr. before 100) (RE)

brother of

? P. Licinius (124) Murena (son of? L. Licinius (121) Murena (pr. before 100)) (Zmeskal 2009)

father of

? C. Licinius (119) L. f. L. n. Murena (aed. cur.? 59) (DPRR Team)

L. Licinius (123) L. f. L. n. Mae. Murena (cos. 62) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Mur. 11, Cic. Mur. 12, Cic. Mur. 15, Cic. Mur. 32, Cic. Mur. 88

Career

• Praetor? 88 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
  • Probably praetor before he served under Sulla in Greece (see 87, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 747, footnote 286 (Brennan 2000)
• Legatus Pro Praetore 87 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • No title preserved. Commanded the left wing at Chaeronea in 86, and in 87 distinguished himself in the siege of the Piraeus (App. Mith. 32). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Praetor? 87 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
  • Probably praetor before he served under Sulla in Greece (see 87, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 747, footnote 286 (Brennan 2000)
• Legatus Pro Praetore 86 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Commanded the left wing of Sulla's army at Chaeronea (Plut. Sull. 17-19; App. Mith. 43). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Legatus Pro Praetore 85 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
  • See 86, and 84, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
• Propraetor 84 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Sulla left him in command in Asia, probably as a Propraetor, where he assembled ships for action against the pirates, and annexed most of the principality of Cibyra (Cic. Verr. 2.1.89; Strabo 13.4.17, 631c; App. Mith. 64, and 93; Auct. Vir. Ill. 74.2; cf. Memnon 36, FGrH 3B.354, who describes him as the governor sent by the Senate). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Propraetor 83 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Propraetor in Asia (Cic. Nur. 15). Invaded Pontic territory both in 83 and 82 in violation of Sulla's agreement with Mithridates, but was repulsed in 82 with serious losses, and ordered, perhaps in 81, by Sulla to cease hostilities (App. Mith. 64-66, and 112; Memnon 36, in FGrH 3B.354; cf. Cic. Mur. 11 and 15 and 32; Leg. Man. 8; Acad. 2.2; Phil. 11.33; SIG³ 745, in 82B.C.; I. v. Priene 121, line 40f.; Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor 1.243-245). See 82, and 81, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Propraetor 82 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Propraetor in Asia (Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura; see 84, Promagistrates), and Imperator (IG 5.1.1454; SIG³ 745; Cic. Mur. 12). See 83, Promagistrates, on his invasions of Pontus. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Triumphator 81 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph de rege Mithridate. MRR II.77, III.123, Itgenshorst no. 244, Rich no. 244. (Rich 2014)
• Propraetor 81 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Propraetor in Asia (Cic. Mur. 15; see 84, and 82, Promagistrates). Returned to Rome and celebrated a triumph over Mithridates (Cic. Le,g. Man. 8; Mur. 11, 15, 88; Act. Tr., Degrassi 84f., 563; Gran. Lic. 39B; cf. SIG³ 745). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Pr. 88, Pro pr. Asia. See MRR 2.40, 50, 56, 61, 62 note 4. A. Keaveney holds that he was more probably praetor in 88 than in 87 since he held command under Sulla immediately afterwards in Greece against the forces of Mithridates. He interprets Cic. Mur. 15, ex praetura triumphasset, on the basis of the meaning of ex in corresponding phrases in Vell. 2.33.1, 59.1, 78.3, to mean that he had held an imperium pro praetore continuously from his praetorship through his service with Sulla and his command in Asia, and acclamation as imperator, until his triumph in 81 (AC 51, 1982, 123-124). The acclamation and the triumph support his view, but on the meaning of ex see also the phrase consulatum ex quaestura (Liv. 32.7.9) on Flamininus in 198. He was honored at Caunus with his son, C. Licinius Murena (119), as imperator (B. Bernhardt, Anadolu 16, 1972, 137; J. M. Reynolds, JRS 66, 1976, 117; Tuchelt, Frèhe Denkm•ler 1.153-154). (Broughton MRR III)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 70 Pontus, Armenia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • 6 Both the exact date for the sending of the commission and the identification of Murena remain uncertain. The commissioners were appointed before 66 (Die 36.43.2) and were in Pontus before that time. The most suitable moment for their appointment would follow the complete occupation of Pontus in 70, and precede the invasion of Armenia (Plut. Luc. 24. 1; see Gelzer, RE, s. v. "Licinius" 104). A group of appointments, so strongly favorable to Lucullus, suggests the leadership of the Consuls of 69 rather than of 70, yet a political climate in Rome more favorable than that which set in in 69. Gelzer supposes that Murena was Sulla's former Legate (RE no. 122), once the superior officer of Lucullus in Asia (see 84-81, Promagistrates) and father of Lucullus' Legate, the future Consul of 62 (RE no. 123), but Münzer (RE no. 123) and Magic (Roman Rule in Asia Minor 2.1219, note 58) identify him with the son. Both men satisfy Cicero's statement that the commissioners were coniunctissimi ad L. Lucullum (Att. 13.6 a), but Cicero makes no reference to such a special position when describing the son's services in Pontus and Armenia (Mur. 20). The father was dead before 63 (Mur. 88 and 90), but the date is not indicated. See Broughton, TAPhA 77 (1946) 40-43. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Elected with eight others who all were sent to assist Lucullus in organizing the former territory of Mithridates of Pontus (Cic. Att. 13.6a; cf. Plut. Luc. 24.1; 35.5; 36.1; Dio 36.43.2, and 46.1). (Broughton MRR II)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 69 Pontus, Armenia (Broughton MRR II)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 68 Pontus, Armenia (Broughton MRR II)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 67 Pontus, Armenia (Broughton MRR II)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 66 Pontus, Armenia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • When Pompey refused to recognize the work of Lucullus and the commissioners they returned to Rome (Plut. Luc. 36.6; Pomp. 3 1; 38. 1; Dio 36.43.2, and 46.1-2). See Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor 1.349; 2.1219, note 58, who holds that they did not arrive in Asia Minor until 67. (Broughton MRR II)

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