Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

TULL2072 M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    [Cic.] Inv. Sall. 2.5 (founder of family's nobilitas), Vell. 2.34.3 ("nova nobilitas"), Macrob. 2.1.8ff, 3.11.9-11, Eutrop. 7.2, Schol. Bob. Sull. 80 Stangl, Schol. Bob. Sest. 139, SHA. Tyr. Trig. 30.1 (entering nobility through union of Tullia to C. Piso Frugi q. 58)

  • Novus Expand

    Cic. Leg. Ag. 2.3; Cic. Leg. Ag. 2.4; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 4; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 2; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 7; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 13; Sall. Cat. 23; Vell. 2.34; Vell. 2.128; Cic. Att. 1.7; Asc. Tog. Cand. 94C

  • Eques R Expand

    Nicolet Ref 362. Cic. Leg. Ag. 1.27. ex equestri loco

Life Dates

  • 106, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 58, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 39.

  • 57, restored (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Kelly no. 39.

  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 139

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

    Executed as proscriptus.

Relationships

son of
M. Tullius (28) Cor. Cicero (eq. R.) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLVI 4.2

Helvia (19) (mother of M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. XVI 26.2, Plut. Cic. 1.1

nephew of
? L. Tullius (25) Cor. Cicero (eq. R.) (Nicolet 1974)
brother of
Q. Tullius (31) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (pr. 62) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. I 8.1, Cic. Att. XII 28.3, Cic. Catil. IV 3, Cic. de orat. I 1, Cic. de orat. II 10, Cic. de orat. II 1, Cic. de orat. III 13, Cic. de orat. III 1, Cic. div. II 8, Cic. fin. V 1, Cic. Mil. 102, Cic. Planc. 100, Cic. Sest. 68, Dio XL 7.1, Plut. Cic. 20.2, Suet. Aug. 3.2

married to
1 Terentia (95) (married to M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Catil. IV 3, Cic. Mil. 87, Cic. prov. 40, Cic. Rab. Post. 47, Dio XLVI 18.6, Plut. Cato min. 19.3, Plut. Cic. 8.2

2 Publilia (17) (daughter of? -. Publilius (3)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Cic. 41.3, Quintil. inst. VI 3.75

divorced from
1 Terentia (95) (married to M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLVI 18.3f., Plut. Cic. 41.2

2 Publilia (17) (daughter of? -. Publilius (3)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. XIII 47.2, Cic. Att. XVI 6.3

father of
1 M. Tullius (30) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. suff. 30) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. b.c. IV 51 (220), Cic. Catil. IV 13

1 Tullia (60) (daughter of M. Tullius (29) M. f. M. n. Cor. Cicero (cos. 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio XLVI 18.3f., Sen. dial. VI cons. ad Marc. 20.5

Career

  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 89 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
    • D.60. On consilium of Cn. Pompeius Strabo in 89 (Cic. Phil. 12.27). (Suolahti 1955)
  • Quaestor 75 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Sex. Peducaeus in western Sicily (Cic. P. Red. in Sen. 21; Div. in Caec. 2; Verr. 2.3.182, and 215- 216, and 4.74, and 5.35; Planc. 64-65; Brut. 318; Tusc. 5.64; Fam. 13.38; Plut. Cic. 1.4; 6.1-4; Com. Dem. and Cic. 3.2; Ps.-Ascon. 185, 186, 261 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cf. Val. Max. 6.2.12; Dig. 1.2.2.45. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Aedilis Plebis 69 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. Div. in Caec. 70; Verr. 1.24-26 and 29; 2.1.14 and 19 and 145, and 5.36-37; Mur. 40; Pis. 2; Brut. 319; Off. 2.58-59; Att. 12.17; Plut. Cic. 8.1; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.3; Ps.-Ascon. 185, 216, 227, 229 Stangl. See note 5. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 66 repetundae, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 2 As in the list of Praetors given in 67, only eight of the nine listed above can have held the praetorship in 66. None can be later; three, Caesonius, Cornificius, and Sulpicius Galba, may be earlier, while the date of Varinius depends upon the correct order of the governors of Asia. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Elected at the head of the poll (Cic. Leg. Man. 1-2; Cluent. 147; Corn. 1, fr. 3; Cael. 10; Pis. 2; Leg. Agr. 2.49; Att. 1.10.6, and 11.2; Fam. 1.9.11; Brut. 321; Rab. Post. 9; Ascon. 73 C). Presided at the trial of Licinius Macer (Cic. Att. 1.4.2; Val. Max. 9.12.7; Plut. Cic. 9.1-2), and ordered, but probably did not hold, that of Manilius, whose law to give Pompey the command against Mithridates he supported (see Tribunes of the Plebs). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his procedure and motives in the case of C. Manilius, accused of res repetundae, and on his speech Pro (or De) Manilio, see J. T. Ramsey, Phoenix 34, 1980, 323-336, and discussions cited there. Augur, 53 or 52. The date, whether in 53 or 52, of Cicero's election to the augurate remains uncertain (see MRR 2.233). We know it was before Curio's return from Asia (late 53 or early in 52) and before Antony's departure for Gaul in 52. If sure and certain news of the death of Crassus at Carrhae (June 9, 53) reached Rome in time for the priestly nominations and elections between the consular elections and the praetorian ones for 53, he might have been elected in or by August 53 (see MRR 2.227228, on the consular elections, and Cic. Ad Brut. 1.5.3, on the priestly elections). But otherwise, as Linderski has pointed out, his election must be later than the election of Pompey as sole consul in 52 (V a. d. Kal. Mart. in the intercalary month in 52) and early in March 52, when we know the election of quite minor magistrates had been held (Ascon. 37C, on the IIIviri Capitales). See J. Linderski, HSPh 76, 1972, 190200; and cf. now Shackleton Bailey, Philologus 126, 1982, 213: commenting on Cic. Phil. 2.3-4, he finds in Cicero's letters to Curio (Fam. 2.1-6, esp. 2.6) an indication that Curio had very probably returned promptly from Asia to Rome, and arrived by autumn of 53. Proconsul 49. See MRR 2.264. Cicero was assigned a command to recruit troops and guard the region of Capua but did not assume it (Att. 8.1113.5; 8.12.2), and had also the lesser command of the ora maritima (Att. 7.14.3; 8.1113.1; cf. 7.11.5; Fam. 16.2.5; see Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4, Appendix II, 438-440; J. Linderski, Gnomon 52, 1980, 784 [rev. of M. Wistrand, Cicero Imperator]). (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 753, footnote 409 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 63 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 12.2.750, 907-909; Cic. Cael. 74; Sall. Cat. 24.1; Fast. Amit., Degrassi 170, and see also 131, 490f.; Strabo 10.2.13, 455c; Plin. NH 8.213; Joseph. Ai 14.66; Suet. Aug. 5; Flor. 2.12.5; Die 37, Index, and 10.4; Obseq. 61; Eutrop. 6.15; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Paw.; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 80 Stangl. The candidacy and election of Antonius are referred to in Cic. Att. 1.1.1.; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 8-9; Ascon., on Cic. Tog. Cand., passim, esp. 37, 93-94 C; Plut. Cic. 11. He was allotted Cisalpine Gaul, but re1 Macedonia when Cicero refused to go (Cic. Pis. 5; Fam. 5.5, and cf. Sall. Cat. 26.4; Plut. Cic. 12.4; Dio 37.33.4). He was suspected of involvement in the conspiracy of Catiline (Cic. Sest. 8 and 12, cf. Cat. 3.14; Plut. Cic. 12.1-3; Dio 37.30.3, and 39.3; Schol. Bob. 126 Stangl), but in late October received the command against him in Etruria (Sall. Cat. 36.3; and on the date, Gic. Mur. 84). He joined in carrying a severe law against bribery (Cic. Mur. 3 and 47 and 67 Sest. 133; Vat. 37; Planc. 83; Dio 37.29.1; Schol. Bob. 79, 140, 166 Stangl). Full references to the actions of Cicero in his consulship are in D.-G. 5.449ff.; and the article by Gelzer in RE 7A.865ff. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 57 Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey (Cic. Att. 4.1.7, and 2.6; see Promagistrates, on Pompey). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Augur 53 to 43 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Succeeded P. Licinius Crassus. Nominated by Pompey and Hortensius and elected, probably in 53 (Cic. Fam. 15.4.13; 6.6.7; cf. Phil. 2.4, and Att. 10.8a.1, on his rivalry with Antony; Fam. 8.3.1, and 2.15.1, on that with Hirrus; Leg. 2.31; Brut. 1; Plut. Cic. 36.1), before Curio's return from Asia (Phil. 2.4) and Antony's departure for Gaul (see 52, Quaestors). (Broughton MRR II)
    • One of the first victims of the proscriptions (Liv. Per. 120, and fr. 50 W; Vell. 2.66-67; Plut. Cic. 46-49; Ant. 19- 20; App. BC 4.6; Dio 47.8; Auct. Vir. Ill. 81.6; Oros. 6.18.11, and many more). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Postponements of elections (Cic. Ad Brut. 1.5.4, and 14.1) prevented the appointment of successors until the hasty elections held at the end of the year by the Triumviri (see above, Consuls Suffecti, Praetors, Minucius; Dio 47.15.3-4). (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his procedure and motives in the case of C. Manilius, accused of res repetundae, and on his speech Pro (or De) Manilio, see J. T. Ramsey, Phoenix 34, 1980, 323-336, and discussions cited there. Augur, 53 or 52. The date, whether in 53 or 52, of Cicero's election to the augurate remains uncertain (see MRR 2.233). We know it was before Curio's return from Asia (late 53 or early in 52) and before Antony's departure for Gaul in 52. If sure and certain news of the death of Crassus at Carrhae (June 9, 53) reached Rome in time for the priestly nominations and elections between the consular elections and the praetorian ones for 53, he might have been elected in or by August 53 (see MRR 2.227228, on the consular elections, and Cic. Ad Brut. 1.5.3, on the priestly elections). But otherwise, as Linderski has pointed out, his election must be later than the election of Pompey as sole consul in 52 (V a. d. Kal. Mart. in the intercalary month in 52) and early in March 52, when we know the election of quite minor magistrates had been held (Ascon. 37C, on the IIIviri Capitales). See J. Linderski, HSPh 76, 1972, 190200; and cf. now Shackleton Bailey, Philologus 126, 1982, 213: commenting on Cic. Phil. 2.3-4, he finds in Cicero's letters to Curio (Fam. 2.1-6, esp. 2.6) an indication that Curio had very probably returned promptly from Asia to Rome, and arrived by autumn of 53. Proconsul 49. See MRR 2.264. Cicero was assigned a command to recruit troops and guard the region of Capua but did not assume it (Att. 8.1113.5; 8.12.2), and had also the lesser command of the ora maritima (Att. 7.14.3; 8.1113.1; cf. 7.11.5; Fam. 16.2.5; see Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4, Appendix II, 438-440; J. Linderski, Gnomon 52, 1980, 784 [rev. of M. Wistrand, Cicero Imperator]). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 51 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul (Cic. Fam. 3.2; 2.8 and 9; 15.1 and 2, prescripts) in Cilicia (Cic. Att. 5.1-20; Fam. 2.7-10; 3.1-6, and 8; 7.32; 8.1-10; 13.9, 53, 55, 56, 61, 62, 64, 65; 15.1-4, 7-9, 12, and 14; Phil. 11.34; Div. 1.2; Plut. Cic. 36), and was acclaimed Imperator in October after a victory over tribesmen of the Amanus (Cic. Att. 5.20.3; Fam. 2.7, and 10, prescripts; 15.4, and 14, prescripts; Phil. 11.34; Plut. Cic. 36.4; procos. imp. on cistophori of Apameia and Laodiceia, Head, HN² 666 and 675; B.M. Cat., Phrygia xxxiii and lxxiv, 72ff. and 281ff.). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 50 Cilicia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Cilicia and Imperator (see 51, Promagistrates; Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8.7.2; Cic. Fam. 9.25.1, prescript; 15.10, and 11, and 13). A supplicatio was decreed for his victory (Cic. Fam. 2.15. 1; 3.9.4; 15.5, and 6, and 10.2, and 13.2; Att. 7.1.7, and 2.7; Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8. 11), and he hoped for a triumph (Fam. 2.12.3; 15.5.2; Att. 6.8.5; 7.1.5 and 7, and 2.6, and 3.2, and 4.1, and 7.3-4; Plut. Cic. 37). He left Cilicia at the end of July 50 and reached Rome early in January of 49, having tried in vain to persuade Pompey to make some compromise with Caesar (Att. 7.3.5, and 6.2, and 8.4, and 26.2; 9.11a.2; Fam. 4.1.1, and 14.2; 6.6.6, and 21.1; 7.3.2; 8.17.1; 16.11.2; Vell. 2.48.5; Plut. Cic. 37.1; Pomp. 59; cf. Caes. 31). See in general, Cic. Att. 5.21-7.9; Fam. 2.11-15, and 17-18; 3.7, and 9-13; 5.19-20; 8.6, and 11-14; 13.54-55, and 57, and 63; 14.5; 16.1-11; Plut. Cic. 36-37. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator (Cic. Att. 10.11.5, and prescripts of 8.11 A-D, 9.6A, and 7B, and 11A, and 13A, and 15.6, and 16.2; Lig. 7; and cf. on his lictors and insignia, Att. 7.10.1, and 12.4, and 20.2; 8.1.3; 9.1.3, and 7.5; Fam. 2.16; 16.12.5, and many more). He was assigned command to recruit troops and to guard the region of Capua (Fam. 16.11.3, and 12.5; Att. 7.11.5, and 14.2, and 15.2; 8.3.4, and 11B.1 and 3, and 11 D.5; 9.1 1A. 2), but remained inactive, in the hope of being a mediator (Att. 7.11-9.18, passim; Plut. Cic. 37). But after a conference with Caesar on March 29 he gave up hope, and in June he left Italy and joined Pompey in Epirus (Cic Att. 9.18-10.18; Fam. 14.7; Plut. Cic. 38; Dio 41.18.4). For a full citation of sources, see D.-G. 6.166-200. (Broughton MRR II)
    • On his procedure and motives in the case of C. Manilius, accused of res repetundae, and on his speech Pro (or De) Manilio, see J. T. Ramsey, Phoenix 34, 1980, 323-336, and discussions cited there. Augur, 53 or 52. The date, whether in 53 or 52, of Cicero's election to the augurate remains uncertain (see MRR 2.233). We know it was before Curio's return from Asia (late 53 or early in 52) and before Antony's departure for Gaul in 52. If sure and certain news of the death of Crassus at Carrhae (June 9, 53) reached Rome in time for the priestly nominations and elections between the consular elections and the praetorian ones for 53, he might have been elected in or by August 53 (see MRR 2.227228, on the consular elections, and Cic. Ad Brut. 1.5.3, on the priestly elections). But otherwise, as Linderski has pointed out, his election must be later than the election of Pompey as sole consul in 52 (V a. d. Kal. Mart. in the intercalary month in 52) and early in March 52, when we know the election of quite minor magistrates had been held (Ascon. 37C, on the IIIviri Capitales). See J. Linderski, HSPh 76, 1972, 190200; and cf. now Shackleton Bailey, Philologus 126, 1982, 213: commenting on Cic. Phil. 2.3-4, he finds in Cicero's letters to Curio (Fam. 2.1-6, esp. 2.6) an indication that Curio had very probably returned promptly from Asia to Rome, and arrived by autumn of 53. Proconsul 49. See MRR 2.264. Cicero was assigned a command to recruit troops and guard the region of Capua but did not assume it (Att. 8.1113.5; 8.12.2), and had also the lesser command of the ora maritima (Att. 7.14.3; 8.1113.1; cf. 7.11.5; Fam. 16.2.5; see Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4, Appendix II, 438-440; J. Linderski, Gnomon 52, 1980, 784 [rev. of M. Wistrand, Cicero Imperator]). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 48 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator (see 49, Promagistrates; cf. on his retention of his lictors, Att. 11.7.1, Dec. 17, 48). He remained in Pompey's camp at Dyrrachium, and after Pharsalus refused the proffered command (see above, on Cato), and returned to Brundisium (Cic. Att. 11.1-7, and 9.1; Fam. 9.6.3, and 18.2; cf. 7.3.2-3; 14.6; 9.9.2; 15.15.1; Deiot. 29; Div. 1.68-69; 2.114; Phil. 2.5, and 59-60; Liv. Per. 111; Plut. Cic. 39.1-2; Cat. Min. 55; Dio 42.10; 46.22.5; see D.-G. 6.200-210). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 47 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul and Imperator (see 50-48, Promagistrates). Caesar met Cicero at Brundisium upon his return from the East, and pardoned him (Plut. Cic. 39.3-4), and even permitted him to retain his insignia of command, his lictors, and his title. Cicero however gave these up when he reached Rome (Cic. Lig. 7; Phil. 7.6). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 44 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cicero accepted appointment early in June as a Legate of Dolabella with the intention of going to Greece, started in July, but early in August news from Rome led him to return from Leucopetra in southern Italy (Cic. Att. 15.11.4; cf. 14.13.4, and 22.2; 15.8.1, and 19.2, and 29.1; Plut. Cic. 43.1-3; on his return, see Cic. Att. 16.7; Phil. 1.6-10; 2.76; Plut. Cic. 43.3). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Princeps Senatus 43 (Ryan 1998) Expand
    • p. 223 (Ryan 1998)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 43 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • These five consulars, selected from all factions, were, appointed early in March to serve on a second embassy to Antony, but upon reconsideration Servilius and Cicero withdrew and the embassy was not sent (Cic. Phil. 12, passim, esp. 1-2 and 18, with the names, and 28; Dio 46.32.2-4; see D.-G. 1.201-205; H. Frisch, Cicero's Fight for the Republic 239-247). (Broughton MRR II)

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