Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

PETR2280 M. Petreius (3) Hor.?

Status

  • Eques R? Expand

    Nicolet Ref 267. Sall. Cat. 59.6. praetor 63, homo novus

Life Dates

  • 92, birth (Nicolet 1974)
  • 46, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    Suicide.

Relationships

father of
-. Petreius (1) (son of M. Petreius (3) Hor.? (pr. before 63)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Oros. 6.16.5

Career

  • Tribunus Militum before 63 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Sall. Cat. 59.6, which describes a career between 92 and 64. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) after 65 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Pr. 64 Sall. Cat. 59.6, which describes a career which extended over the period from 92 to 63. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Praetor before 63 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 Sallust makes clear that Petreius held the praetorship before 63, but there is no proof of Münzer's theory that the games given by Antonius, Murena, and Petreius form a series in which the silver of Antonius in 66 and Murena in 65 was surpassed by the gold of Petreius in 64 (Cic. Mur. 40; Val. Max.; Plin.). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Sall. Cat. 59.4-6; Val. Max. 2.4.6; cf. Plin. NH 33.53. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 753, footnote 420 (Brennan 2000)
  • Praefectus before 63 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
    • Sall. Cat. 59.6, which describes a career extending from 92 to 63 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 63 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served as a Legate under C. Antonius against the forces of Catiline in Etruria (Sall. Cat. 59.4-5; Schol. Bob. 94, and 127 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 62 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under C. Antonius in the battle against Catiline (Sall. Cat. 59-60; cf. Cic. Sest. 12; Schol. Bob. 94, and 127 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 55 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Pompey's Legates were sent off to Spain immediately after he received the command, so before the end of 55 (Dio 39.39.4; cf. Vell. 2.48.1; Plut. Pomp. 53.1-2; App. BC 2.18; see 54, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 54 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey in Spain (Yell. 2.48. 1; see 55, and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 53 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate of Pompey in Spain (Vell. 2.48.1; see 55 and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 52 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey in Spain (see 55, and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 51 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey in Spain (Vell. 2.48. 1; see 55 and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 50 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Pompey in Spain (Vell. 2.48. 1; see 55, and 49, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 49 Hispania Ulterior, Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legatus pro praetore under Pompey in Farther Spain (Caes. Be 1.37-38; Liv. Per. 110; Vell. 2.50.4; cf. Cic. Fam. 16.12.4; see 54-50, Legates). He joined Afranius in Nearer Spain and shared in his defeat and his surrender to Caesar (see above, on Afranius). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 48 Achaea, Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He probably continued to serve as a Legate of Pompey (see 49, Legates). He was active in the Peloponnese and fled with Cato after Pharsalus (Dio 42.13.3). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 47 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • An officer, probably a Legate, under Metellus Scipio in Africa (see 46, Legates). See Eutropius 6.23; Schol. Bern. on Lucan 1.39, p. 14 U. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 46 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate (App. BC 2.95) in the Pompeian forces in Africa (Bell. Afr. 18-20; 24; of. App. BC 2.95; Dio 43.2). After the battle of Thapsus he died in a death pact with King Iuba (Bell. Afr. 91; 94; 97; Liv. Per. 114; Senec. Rhet. Suas. 7.3, and 14; Senec. Provid. 2.10; App. BC 2.100, and 101; Flor. 2.13.69; Dio 43.8.4; Eutrop. 6.23.2; Oros. 6.16.4; Schol. Bern. on Lucan, p. 331 Usener; Schol. Gron. 291 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)

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