Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

DOMI2022 M. Domitius (44) Calvinus

Life Dates

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

    KIA, against forces of Sertorius.

Relationships

father of
Cn. Domitius (43) M. f. M. n. Men. Calvinus (cos. 53) (RE)

Career

  • Praetor? 80 Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Eutrop. 6.1.2, praetor. See 79, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 80?, Procos. 79? See MRR 2.79, 84, 85, note 4. His praetorship should almost certainly be redated to 81 and his proconsulate in Hisp. Cit. to 80 (Salt. Hist 1.111M), with his death in battle against Hirtuleius, Sertorius' quaestor (Plut. Sert. 12.4, and other sources listed in MRR). On the verso of the Vienna fragment of Sallust's Histories, see Bischoff-Bloch, WS, n.s. 13, 1979, 116-129. Note that several of the too many names listed for the praetors of 81 (MRR 2.76) have been placed only at the latest legal date. Some must have held the office in previous years. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 751, footnote 354 (Brennan 2000)
  • Proconsul? 79 Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 4 Domitius' praenomen is given as M. in Livy and L. in Eutropius. The cognomen Calvinus is an emendation for the readings # in Plutarch. He is termed Legatus in Florus and the Periochae of Livy, and Praetor in Eutropius. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Proconsul in Nearer Spain (Sall. Hist. 1.111M; Plut. Sert. 12.8; of. Liv. Per. 90, Legatus). Defeated and killed in battle on the Anas by Hirtuleius, Quaestor of Sertorius (Sall. Hist. 1.111M; Liv. Per. 90; Frontin. Str. 4.5.19; Plut. Sert. 12.3-4; Flor. 2.10.7; Eutrop. 6.1.2; Oros. 5.23.3). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 80?, Procos. 79? See MRR 2.79, 84, 85, note 4. His praetorship should almost certainly be redated to 81 and his proconsulate in Hisp. Cit. to 80 (Salt. Hist 1.111M), with his death in battle against Hirtuleius, Sertorius' quaestor (Plut. Sert. 12.4, and other sources listed in MRR). On the verso of the Vienna fragment of Sallust's Histories, see Bischoff-Bloch, WS, n.s. 13, 1979, 116-129. Note that several of the too many names listed for the praetors of 81 (MRR 2.76) have been placed only at the latest legal date. Some must have held the office in previous years. (Broughton MRR III)

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