CALP2272 M. Calpurnius (28) C. f. Bibulus

Life Dates

  • 102?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R207.

  • 48, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

married to
2 Porcia (28) (daughter of M. Porcius (16) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (Uticensis) (pr. 54)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Brut. 13.2, Plut. Cato min. 25.2

father of
1 L. Calpurnius (27) Bibulus (promag.? 32) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.29782=ILS 5985 (Calpurnia)

2 Calpurnia (A) (daughter of M. Calpurnius (28) C. f. Bibulus (cos. 59)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

CIL 6.29782=ILS 5985 (Calpurnia)

Career

  • Aedilis Curulis 65 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Bibulus was overshadowed in office by Caesar (Suet. Iul. 10; Dio 37.8.2), whose magnificent games won him considerable popularity (Caes. BC 3.16.3; Sall. Cat. 49.3; Plin. NH 33.53; Suet. Iul. 9.2; 10; Plut. Caes. 6.1-3). He restored the trophies of Marius (Vell. 2.43.4; Suet. Iul. 11; Plut. Caes. 6.1-4), and supported the plan of Crassus to annex Egypt (Cic. Leg. Agr. 1.1; 2.41-44; Suet. Iul. 11). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 62 Rome, Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Crushed Catilinarian sympathizers among the Paeligni (Oros. 6.6.7; cf. Dio 37.41.1), and in Rome stood in opposition to his colleague Caesar (Caes. BC 3.16.3). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 753, footnote 434 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 59 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 On the filiation of Bibulus, see IG 9.1.722. (Broughton MRR II)
    • CIL 12.2.753, 918, and cf., on Caesar, 754 ; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 131, 490f. (C. Iulius C. f. C. n. [-]); Suet. Iul. 19.2; Plut. Caes. 14.1; Gell. 4.10.5; Dio 38, Index; Chr. 354 (Caesare et Vivulo); Fast. Hyd. (Decio Caesare et Bibolo); Chr. Pasc. (#u); Eutrop. 6.17.1; Oros. 6.7.1; Cassiod.; Schol. Bob. 135 Stangl. Bibulus, with the support of three Tribunes of the Plebs (see below, Tribunes of the Plebs), opposed Caesar's agrarian law, but when proved powerless against the combination of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, retired to his house, and by announcements that he was watching for omens kept Caesar's legislation technically invalid (Cic. Att. 2.4-24, passim; Vat. 22; Har. Resp. 48; Dom. 39-40; Planc. 35; Pam. 1.9.7 and 12; 13.4.2; Vell. 2.44; Suet. Iul. 19-20; Plut. Pomp. 47-48; Caes. 14; Cat. Min. 31-33; cf. Liv. Per. 103; Gell. 4.10.8; APP. BC 2.10-14; Dio 38.1-12; Eutrop. 6.17; Schol. Bob. 161f., 148f. Stangl). Caesar carried a Lex Iulia Agraria early in the year, Probably in January (Cic. Att. 2.3.3, and 16.2; Fam. 13.4.2; Suet. Iul. 20; Plut. Pomp. 47-48; Caes. 14.2-3; Cat. Min. 31.4-32.6; App. BC 2.10-12; Dio 38.1.1-7.2), and in May added another to distribute the Campanian land to needy citizens with families (Cic. Att. 2.16.1, cf. 17.1, and 19.3; Fam. 1.9.7 and 12; QF 2.1.1, and 5.1, and 6.2; Vell. 2.44; Suet. Iul. 20.3; Plut. Cat. Min. 31.1, cf. Pomp. 47.3, and Caes. 14.1; App. BC 2.10; Dio 38.7.3; cf. Liv. Per. 103). He had the acts of Pompey in the East ratified in a single law (Bell. Alex. 68; cf. Cic. Att. 2.16.2; Vell. 2.44.2; Suet. Iul. 19.2; Plut. Pomp. 48.3; Cat. Min. 31.1; App. BC 2.9; Dio 38.7.5), and satisfied Crassus by remitting one-third of the contracts to the tax farmers of Asia (Cic. Att. 2.16.2; Planc. 35; Val. Max. 2.10.7; Suet. Iul. 20; App. BC 2.13; Dio 38.7.4; Schol. Bob. 157 and 159 Stangl). In return for a huge sum he ratified the position of Ptolemy Auletes as king of Egypt (Cic. Att. 2.16.2; Rab. Post. 6; Caes. BC 3.107; Plin. NH. 33.136; Suet. Iul. 54.3; Dio 39.12.1). Besides minor measures such as the publication of the Acta of the Senate, with which he began his regime (Suet. Iul. 20.1), and his revival of the custom of being followed by his lictors in the months when he did not hold the fasces (Suet. Iul. 20. 1), he carried an important Lex de repetundis which regulated the procedures and demands of provincial governors more closely than before (Cic. Sest. 135; Vat. 29; Rab. Post. 8 and 12; Pis. 37 and 50 and 90; Dom. 23; Prov. Cons. 7; Fam. 2.17.2; 5.20.2; 8.8.3, Att. 5.10.2, and 16.21; Val. Max. 8.1.10; Tac. Ann. 14.28; Hist. 1.77; Plin. Epist. 2.11.3, and 19.8; 4.9.9; 6.29.9; Paul. Sent. 5.28, FIRA 2.413; Dig. 48.11; C. Th. 9.27; C. 9.27; 4.18.11.1; Schol. Bob. 140, and 149 Stangl). He received command of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum by the Vatinian law (see below, Tribunes of the Plebs), and with Pompey's support the Senate decreed him Transalpine Gaul in addition (Suet. Iul. 22; cf. Cic. Att. 8.3.3). (Broughton MRR II)
    • 2 This inscription may refer to other years when Caesar held the consulship. (Broughton MRR II)
    • 3 For full discussion and citations of sources for the history and the legislation of Caesar's consulship in 59, see D. -G. 3.180-202, and Motz, in RE 10. 196-201, who is less detailed. See also T. Rice Holmes, Roman Republic 1.312-327; and for recent interpretations, Gelzer, Julius Caesar (3rd. ed., 1941) 83-114; L. R. Taylor, Party Politics in the Age of Caesar 132-137; and "On the Chronology of Caesar's First Consulship," MPh 62 (1951) 254-268. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 51 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Syria (Cic. Fam. 15.3.2), where he arrived late in the year after Cassius (see below) had already turned back a Parthian invasion at Antioch (Cic. Att. 5.16.4, and 18.1, and 20.4, and 21.2; Fam. 2.10.2; 15.1.1, and 3.2, and 4.7-8; Phil. 11.34-35; Liv. Per. 108; App. Syr. 51; BC 5.10; Dio 40.30.1). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 50 Syria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Syria (see 51, Promagistrates), whose slight achievement was honored with a supplicatio (Cic. Att. 6.1.13 and 15; 6.5.3, and 8.5; 7.2.6-7, and 3.5; 9.6.1; Fam. 2.17; 8.6.4 [Caelius]; 12.9.2; Caes. BC 3.31.3; Liv. Per. 108; Plut. Ant. 5.2; App. Syr. 5 1; cf. Caes. BC 3. 10.6; Cic. Att. 6.5.3; Fam. 2.17.6; and Val. Max. 4.1.15, on the murder of two of his sons in Egypt). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 49 Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul (see 50, Promagistrates). When he returned from Syria, he was placed in general command of Pompey's fleet in the Adriatic (Cic. Att. 9.9.2; Caes. BC 3.5.4; Plut. Cat. Min. 54.2-4; App. BC 2.49; Dio 41.44.3; cf. IG 9.1.722). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 48 Macedonia, Epirus (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul (see 51-49, Promagistrates), and commander of Pompey's fleet. He died early in 48 after failing to prevent Caesar from crossing to Epirus (Caes. BC 3.5.4, and 7, and 8, and 15; Dio 41.44, and 46, and 48; Oros. 6.15.10). See IG 9.1.722. (Broughton MRR II)