Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CONS2359 C. Considius (11) Longus

Life Dates

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

    Murdered in mutiny.

Relationships

father of
C. Considius (14) Paetus (monetal. 46) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Caes. b.Afr. 89.1-5

Career

  • Praetor before 53 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • The following men held provincial governorships immediately after the passage in 52 of the Pompeian law which established an interval between the praetorship or consulship and a provincial command, and may therefore have held the praetorship before 57 (all the Praetors of 57 are known). It is however more probable that the law did not apply to magistrates in office in 53 and 52 (see 54, Praetors), hence these dates remain only as possibilities. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cic. Lig. 2; Schol. Gron. 291 Stangl. See 50, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Procos. in Africa. As noted in MRR 2.222, his command in Africa in 51 indicates that he had been praetor by or before 54. It seems possible that he was a praetor then, governed Africa from 53 to 50 in succession to P. Attius Varus, and returned in 50 in time to be a candidate for the consulship of 49 (Schol. Gron. 291St; see Sumner, Phoenix 25, 1971, 268, note 41), leaving Q. Ligarius, his legatus, in command. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 755, footnote 473 (Brennan 2000)
  • Quaesitor? 52 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Presided over the trial of Saufeius under the Lex Plautia de vi (Ascon. 55 C). (Broughton MRR II)
    • See MRR 2.237, Quaesitores, and 240, note 3. According to Mommsen (StR 2?.584) the presiding officer of a quaestio de vi was never a magistrate in office (see also J. Linderski, HSPh 76, 1972, 195-198, note 59). Considius, the quaesitor in 52, may be either M. Considius Longus (11), procos. in Africa 51-50, or M. Considius Nonianus, who was allotted the succession to Caesar in Cisalpine Gaul in 49 (MRR 2.242, 250, 261). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 51 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor of Africa in 50 and probably in 51 (see 50, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Procos. in Africa. As noted in MRR 2.222, his command in Africa in 51 indicates that he had been praetor by or before 54. It seems possible that he was a praetor then, governed Africa from 53 to 50 in succession to P. Attius Varus, and returned in 50 in time to be a candidate for the consulship of 49 (Schol. Gron. 291St; see Sumner, Phoenix 25, 1971, 268, note 41), leaving Q. Ligarius, his legatus, in command. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 50 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Returned from Africa late in 50 to canvass for the consulship (Cic. Lig. 2; Schol. Gron. 291 Stangl; see 51, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Procos. in Africa. As noted in MRR 2.222, his command in Africa in 51 indicates that he had been praetor by or before 54. It seems possible that he was a praetor then, governed Africa from 53 to 50 in succession to P. Attius Varus, and returned in 50 in time to be a candidate for the consulship of 49 (Schol. Gron. 291St; see Sumner, Phoenix 25, 1971, 268, note 41), leaving Q. Ligarius, his legatus, in command. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 49 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served in Africa, probably like Attius Varus, who was a Legatus pro praetore (Caes. BC 2.23.4; cf. CIL 12.2.780-ILS 5319, Leg. pro pr.). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Repulsa (Cos.) c. 49 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
    • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 48 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably continued as a Legatus pro praetore with Attius Varus in Africa (see 49, and 47, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 47 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legatus pro praetore under Metellus Scipio in Africa (CIL 12.2.780–ILS 5319; cf. Bell. Afr. 4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore 46 Africa (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legatus pro praetore under Metellus Scipio in Africa (CIL 12.2.780ILS 5319). He held command of the garrison at Hadrumetum (Bell. Afr. 3-5; 33; 43), besieged Achulla (43), and garrisoned Thysdrus (76, and 86), and was finally killed by his own troops (93). (Broughton MRR II)

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