Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

TREB2336 C. Trebonius (6) C. f.

Status

  • Eques R Expand

    Nicolet Ref 355. Cic. Fam. 15.21.2. quaestor

Life Dates

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

    Executed by Dolabella.

Relationships

son of
1 C. Trebonius (5) (eq. R.) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Phil. XIII 23

Career

  • Quaestor? 60 urbanus?, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Cic. Fam. 15.21.2, if the passage is correctly interpreted as referring to the attempt of Clodius to transfer himself to the Plebs. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Quaestor 60 or 58, in 60 if Cic. Fam. 15.21.2 refers to opposition to the attempt of Clodius to become a plebeian, but 58 if the consuls he opposed were Gabinius and Piso and the tribune was Clodius himself (see Shackleton Bailey, CLF 2.367, who favors 60). Mention of a colleague suggests that he was one of the two quaestores urbani (ibid.). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Quaestor? 58 urbanus?, Rome (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Quaestor 60 or 58, in 60 if Cic. Fam. 15.21.2 refers to opposition to the attempt of Clodius to become a plebeian, but 58 if the consuls he opposed were Gabinius and Piso and the tribune was Clodius himself (see Shackleton Bailey, CLF 2.367, who favors 60). Mention of a colleague suggests that he was one of the two quaestores urbani (ibid.). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Tribunus Plebis 55 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Carried against all obstruction his law to give Crassus command of Syria and Pompey of both Spanish provinces, each for five years (Liv. Per. 105; Cic. Att. 4.9.1; Vell. 2.46.2; Plut. Pomp. 52; Crass. 15; Cat. Min. 43; Dio 39.33-36). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 54 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul. He shared in the expedition to Britain (Caes. BG 5.17.2), and in the autumn was stationed among the Belgae (BG 5.24.3), and aided in the relief of Quintus Cicero. See Cic. QF 3.1.9. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 53 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul, with special command against the Eburones (Caes. BG 6.33). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 52 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (Caes. BG 7.11.2, and 81.6). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 51 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul (Hirt. in Caes. BG 8.6.1, 11.1, 14.1, and 46.4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 50 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate under Caesar in Gaul, placed in charge of the winter-quarters in Belgic Gaul (Hirt. in Caes. BG 8.54.4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 49 Gallia Transalpina, Hispania Citerior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Legate of Caesar (Caes. BC 1.36.4; 2.1.1), who brought the Gallic legions to Spain (Cic. Att. 8.3.7), and was placed in command of operations against Massilia (Caes. BC 1.36.4; 2.1-16, and 22; Liv. Per. 110; Dio 41.19.3; Oros. 6.15.6; Schol. Bern. on Lucan 3, pp. 113, 115 Usener). See above, on D. Brutus. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 48 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He opposed the measures proposed by Caelius Rufus (Caes. BC 3.20.1-22.3; Dio 42.22.2-4; see above), aided Cicero after his return to Italy (Cic. Att. 11.6.3; Fan?.. 15.21.2), and was hurriedly sent to Spain as Proconsul at the end of the year (Cic. Fam. 15.21.2; cf. Auct. Bell. Alex. 64.2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 47 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul (Bell. Alex. 64.2) in Farther Spain, in succession to Q. Cassius Longinus (see above), and remained into 46 with increasing difficulty against mutinous legions, while the Pompeians rallied their supporters (Dio 43.29). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 46 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Farther Spain (see 47, Promagistrates), but was driven out by the Pompeians by the summer of this year (Bell. Hisp. 7.4; 12.2; Dio 43.29.3). He returned with Caesar at the end of the year (Cic. Fam. 15.20, and 21; on his meeting with Antony at Narbo to sound him out regarding a plot against Caesar, see Cic. Phil. 2.34; Plut. Ant. 13). See 45, Promagistrates, on Fabius, Pedius, and Carrinas in Spain. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Consul Suffectus 45 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He entered office with Fabius Maximus (Fast. Cap., Degrassi 56f., 133, 500f.; Fast. Amer., ibid. 242; Fast. Colot., ibid. 274; Dio 43.46.2; cf. Cic. Phil. 11.5; Vell. 2.69.1; Suet. Iul. 76.2; and see above, on Caesar, for the date). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 44 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Named to be Proconsul of Asia by Caesar before his death (App. BC 3.2; cf. Plut. Brut. 19.2). An active member of the conspiracy against Caesar, though his part at the end was to draw Antony aside (Cic. Phil. 2.27 and 30 and 34; 13.22; Fam. 10.28.1; Vell. 2.56.3, and 69.1., Liv. Per. 116; Plut. Caes. 66.2, Brutus Albinus; Brut. 17.1; Ant. 13.4; App. BC 2.113, and 117; 3.19; Dio 44.14.3-4, and 19.1 and 3). He promptly departed to his province of Asia and there raised money and troops at the request of Brutus and Cassius (Cic. Att. 14.10.1; Fam. 12.16; App. BC 3.2, and 6), and later aided Cassius on his way to Syria (Dio 47.21.3, and 26.1; cf. Lentulus in Cic. Fam. 12.14.5). On his treatment of Theopompus of Cnidus, see Cic. Phil. 13.33. See Sternkopf, Hermes 47 (1912) 330, 335. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 43 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Asia (see 44, Promagistrates). He attempted to expedite Dolabella's passage through Asia by providing supplies while refusing to open cities to him, but Dolabella captured Smyrna by surprise, and put Trebonius to death, about the middle of January, and, according to Cicero, after torturing him (Cic. Phil. 11.5-9; App. BC 3.26; Dio 47.29; cf. Cic. Phil. 11, passim; 12.21 and 25; 13.22 and 36-39; 14.8; Ad Brut. 2.3.1 and 5; Fam. 12.12.1, and 14.5, and 15.4; Liv. Per. 119; Strabo 14.1.37; Vell. 2.69.1; App. BC 3.61; 4.58; Dio 47.30.6; Oros. 6.18.6; on the date, see Joseph. AJ 14.225, a letter of Dolabella, Imperator, to Ephesus, dated Lenaeon 1-January 24, and of Brutus in Cic. Ad Brut. 2.3. 1, dated April 1, still expecting word of the reaction in Rome to news of Trebonius' death). (Broughton MRR II)

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