5 The reference in Cicero shows that at the end of 60 Nigidius was in a position such that he could cite (compellare) jurymen, and did so in reference to the trial of C. Antonius. Münzer (RE) suggests that he held the aedileship in 60, Niccolini (FTP 281) that he was a Tribune of the Plebs in 59. He was a member of the Senate in 63 (Cic. Sull. 42; Suet. Aug. 94.5; Plut. Cic. 20.2). (Broughton MRR II)
The chief supporter in the tribunicial college of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus (Cic. Att. 2.6.2; 2.24; Vat. 5 and 13 and 38, and passim; Sest. 114; Suet. Iul. 20; Plut. Pomp. 48; Cae.8. 14; Cat. Min. 32-33; App. BC 2.11-12; Dio 38.1-7; Schol. Bob. 135, 145-147, 151 Stangl). His legislation included bills to permit rejection of alternate jurymen in forming a panel, and setting limits to the staff of a provincial governor (Cic. Vat. 27; Planc. 36; Schol. Bob. 97, 149-150 Stangl), the famous law granting to Caesar for a period of five years command of Cisalpine Gaul and Illyricum (to which Transalpine Gaul was later added by the Senate) (Cic. Vat. 36; Prov. Cons. 36-37; Liv. Per. 103; Vell. 2.44.5; Suet. Iul. 22; Plut. Caeq. 14; Pomp. 48.3; Crass. 14.3; Cat. Min. 33.3; App. BC 2.13; Dio 38.8.5; Oros. 6.7.1; Schol. Bob. 146 Stangl), one authorizing the foundation of a colony at Novum Comum (Suet. Iul. 28.3; cf. Cic. Att. 5.11.2; Strabo 5.1.6; Plut. Cam. 29.2; App. BC 2.26), and other bills regulating relations with cities, kings, and tetraxchs (Cic. Vat. 29; cf. Att. 2.9. 1; Fam. 1.9.7). He played a (Broughton MRR II)
Tr. Pl. ? 59, Pr. 58. The preparations mentioned in Cic. Att. 2.2.3 (December 60) envisage a trial with iudices. So Niccolini's conjecture of a tribunate is not satisfactory (MRR 2.193, note 5). If Nigidius were perhaps aedile of the plebs in 60, iudex quaestionis in 59, and praetor in 58 (see the conjecture of Kroll, not Münzer, in RE) it would be a normal series of offices and dates. (TJC) But the praetorship in 58 is the only well-attested office (Badian, JRS 49, 1959, 83). Add a reference to Dio 45.1 in MRR 2.193, note 5. (Broughton MRR III)
Tr. Pl. ? 59, Pr. 58. The preparations mentioned in Cic. Att. 2.2.3 (December 60) envisage a trial with iudices. So Niccolini's conjecture of a tribunate is not satisfactory (MRR 2.193, note 5). If Nigidius were perhaps aedile of the plebs in 60, iudex quaestionis in 59, and praetor in 58 (see the conjecture of Kroll, not Münzer, in RE) it would be a normal series of offices and dates. (TJC) But the praetorship in 58 is the only well-attested office (Badian, JRS 49, 1959, 83). Add a reference to Dio 45.1 in MRR 2.193, note 5. (Broughton MRR III)
Cic. QF 1.2.16. (Broughton MRR II)
p. 754, footnote 456 (Brennan 2000)
Legatus (Lieutenant)
52
Asia
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Legate, possibly in Asia (Cic. Tim. 2). See 51, Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
Legatus (Lieutenant)
51
Asia
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Legate in Asia, presumably under Minucius Thermus, and left Asia in July, 51 (Cic. Tim. 2). (Broughton MRR II)