Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

MARI1940 M. Marius (42) Cor. Gratidianus

Status

  • Eques R? Expand

    Nicolet Ref 225. Cic. Brut. 168, Brut. 223. tr. pl. 87

Life Dates

  • 125?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R164.

  • 82, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 82 no. 49

  • 82, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Executed as proscriptus.

Relationships

son of
Maria (73) (daughter of? C. Marius (A)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Leg. 3.36, Cic. Brut. 168, Cic. Off. 3.67, Schol. Bern. Lucan 2.173 p.61f Usener

M. Gratidius (2) Cor.? (praef. 102) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 168, Cic. leg. III 36, Cic. off. III 67

adopted son of
M. Marius (22) Cor. (pr.? 102) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Tog. Cand. 84C, Cic. Brut. 168, Cic. leg. III 36, Cic. off. III 67, Flor.II 9.26

nephew of
? M. Marius (22) Cor. (pr.? 102) (Nicolet 1974)
brother of
Gratidia? (B) (daughter of? M. Gratidius (2) Cor.? (praef. 102)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. pet. cons. 10

? M. Gratidius (A) Cor. (son of M. Gratidius (2) Cor.? (praef. 102)) (DPRR Team)
? M. Marius (A) Gratidianus (son of M. Gratidius (2) Cor.? (praef. 102)) (DPRR Team)
? M. Gratidius (1) Cor.? (leg. lieut. 88) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 87 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 8 The younger Marius was probably with his father while Gratidianus, who had been with Cinna, was sent north (App.; see Bennett, Cinna 15f.). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Probably the Marius who defeated Servilius at Ariminum (Gran. Lic. 27B). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 86 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 2 Of the three senators, C. Milonius, Q. Sertorius, and C. Marius (termed # in App. BC 1.65) who fled with Cinna, two, Milonius and Marius, who must be Marius Gratidianus since the younger Marius went into exile with his father, are believed to be among the six Tribunes of the Plebs who also fled from Rome with Cinna (Liv. Per. 79; Gran. Lic. 23 B; Lange 3.129; Niccolini FTP 233). The Berne Scholis confirm it in the case of Marius sinee Catulus probably died before the end of the year. On Milonius, see also Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Schol. Bern. on Lucan 2.173, p. 62U; cf. Diod. 38.4. (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his praetorships (MRR 2.57 and 60), refer also to the statues erected vicatim in his honor but thrown down at the coming of Sulla (Plin. NH 33.132; 34.27). Sumner would date his first praetorship to 85, as in MRR, but would accept praetor in Val. Max. 9.2.1 over praetorius in Firm. Mat. 1.3, and date his second, as well as his death, in 82 (Orators 118-119). His tribunate, dated to 87 in MRR 2.47, and Niccolini, Fasti 232-234, could possibly have run from December 10, 87, to December 9, 86. The date depends on the date on which the Marians planned to put Catulus on trial. This trial was intended to take the form of a iudicium populi with Gratidianus as the prosecuting tribune (Schol. Bern. On Lucan 2.173 [Usener]; Diod. 3839.4.2; App. BC 1.74 [cf. Gabba's comment at 1.341-342]; R. Brecht, Perduellio 301; H. Bennett, Cinna and His Times 27). A tribunate and a praetorship in successive years (86, 85) would be quite irregular, but it was a stormy period.[140x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Praetor? 85 Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Anticipating a joint declaration agreed upon by the Praetors and supported by the Tribunes of the Plebs, Marius issued by himself an edict establishing an office to test and eliminate the debased coins which had issued under the law of Livius Drusus (see 91, Tribunes of the Plebs), and gained high honor and popularity (Cic. Off. 3.80- 81; Plin. NH 33.132; 34.27; cf. Cic. Brut. 223; Leg. 3.36; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 10; Ascon. 84C; Senec. Ira 3.18.1; Firm. Mat. 1.3; and on the coins, Grueber, CRRBM 1.xlii; Herzog, Tess. Num. 11f.; Frank, ESAR 1.266f.). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his praetorships (MRR 2.57 and 60), refer also to the statues erected vicatim in his honor but thrown down at the coming of Sulla (Plin. NH 33.132; 34.27). Sumner would date his first praetorship to 85, as in MRR, but would accept praetor in Val. Max. 9.2.1 over praetorius in Firm. Mat. 1.3, and date his second, as well as his death, in 82 (Orators 118-119). His tribunate, dated to 87 in MRR 2.47, and Niccolini, Fasti 232-234, could possibly have run from December 10, 87, to December 9, 86. The date depends on the date on which the Marians planned to put Catulus on trial. This trial was intended to take the form of a iudicium populi with Gratidianus as the prosecuting tribune (Schol. Bern. On Lucan 2.173 [Usener]; Diod. 3839.4.2; App. BC 1.74 [cf. Gabba's comment at 1.341-342]; R. Brecht, Perduellio 301; H. Bennett, Cinna and His Times 27). A tribunate and a praetorship in successive years (86, 85) would be quite irregular, but it was a stormy period.[140x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 748, footnote 290 (Brennan 2000)
  • Praetor? 84 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Twice Praetor (Ascon. 84 C; cf Val. Max. 9.2. 1, praetor; Firm. Mat. 1.3, praetorius vir; see 85, note 1). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his praetorships (MRR 2.57 and 60), refer also to the statues erected vicatim in his honor but thrown down at the coming of Sulla (Plin. NH 33.132; 34.27). Sumner would date his first praetorship to 85, as in MRR, but would accept praetor in Val. Max. 9.2.1 over praetorius in Firm. Mat. 1.3, and date his second, as well as his death, in 82 (Orators 118-119). His tribunate, dated to 87 in MRR 2.47, and Niccolini, Fasti 232-234, could possibly have run from December 10, 87, to December 9, 86. The date depends on the date on which the Marians planned to put Catulus on trial. This trial was intended to take the form of a iudicium populi with Gratidianus as the prosecuting tribune (Schol. Bern. On Lucan 2.173 [Usener]; Diod. 3839.4.2; App. BC 1.74 [cf. Gabba's comment at 1.341-342]; R. Brecht, Perduellio 301; H. Bennett, Cinna and His Times 27). A tribunate and a praetorship in successive years (86, 85) would be quite irregular, but it was a stormy period.[140x] (Broughton MRR III)
    • Second praetorship in 82. p. 748, footnote 290 (Brennan 2000)

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