Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VERR1967 C. Verres (1) Rom.

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. 2 Verr. 1.13.35

Life Dates

  • 70, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    No record of restoration. Kelly no. 36.

  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 150

  • Before 41, death - violent (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Executed as proscriptus - triumviral. Kelly no. 36, Hinard 43 no. 150

Relationships

son of
C. Verres (2) (sen. 90) (RE)
married to
Vettia (19) (sister of -. Vettius (10) Chilo (eq. R. late C2/C1)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. II iii 168

Career

  • Quaestor 84 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 3 Bülz, De Prov. Rom. Quaest. (Diss. Leipzig, 1893) 55, and Lübker, Lex.8, date the quaestorship of Verres in 82, Carbo's third consulship; but Cicero quite clearly dates it 14 years before the trial and one year before the consulship of Scipio in 83. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Assigned to serve under the Consul Papirius Carbo in Picenum (Cic. Verr. 2.1.11 and 34-40, and 3.177; Ps.- Ascon. 206, 208, 226 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 329, 332f. Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proquaestor 83 Gallia Cisalpina, Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Continued, now probably Proquaestor, under the Consul Papirius in Gaul, and then deserted him for Sulla (Cic. Verr. 2.1.34-40, and 3.177; Ps.-Ascon. 208 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proquaestor 82 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably still a Proquaestor (Cic. Verr. 2.1.34-40; see 83-81, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 80 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate, then Legatus pro quaestore, under Cn. Dolabella in Cilicia (Cic. Verr. 1.11; 2.1.41-102; Ps.-Ascon. 194- 245 Stangl, passim; Schol. Gron. 324-348 Stangl, passim). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 79 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legatus pro quaestore under Dolabella in Cilicia (see 80, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 74 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. Verr. 2.1.102-158 passim; 2.1.34, and 5.34; Cluent. 91; Ps.-Ascon. 216, 255, and 257 Stangl. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 751, footnote 371 (Brennan 2000)
  • Propraetor 73 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor in Sicily (praetor, Cic. Verr. 2.2.11, and passim; praetura, Verr. 2.2.17, and passim; praetorium imperium, Verr. 2.5.40). He governed Sicily for three years, his expected successor Q. Arrius being appointed to the war against Spartacus (Cic. Verr. 2.2.37, and 4.42; Div. in Caec. 3 and 11). On his crimes and misgovernment, and his trial and condemnation in 70, see Cic. Verr. passim, and the Scholia on these, ed. Stangl; Ascon. 17 C; Sall. Hist. 4.32, and 53 M; Plut. Cic. 7-8. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Propraetor 72 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor in Sicily (see 73, Promagistrates). Cf. Cic. Verr. 2.2.4, and 5.5; Sall. Hist. 4.32 M; cf. Plut. Crass. 10.3. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Propraetor 71 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Propraetor in Sicily (see 73, Promagistrates). On his mistreatment, perhaps in this year, his last in Sicily, of Sertorian refugees, see Cic. Verr. 2.5.72 and 146 and 151-155; cf. Oros. 6.3.5. (Broughton MRR II)

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