Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SCRI2443 C. Scribonius (11) C. f. C. n. Curio

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Fam. 2.7.4, Vell. 2.48.3, Lucan. BC 4.809-810, Schol. Bob. Sest. 139 Stangl

Life Dates

  • After 100?, birth (Rüpke 2005) Expand

    90er-49 v. Chr.

  • 85?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R219.

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

    KIA, B. of Bagradas.

Relationships

son of
? Memmia (38) (daughter of L. Memmius (14) L. f. Gal. (tr. pl. 89)) (DPRR Team)
C. Scribonius (10) C. f. Curio 'Burbuleius' (cos. 76) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Orat. 129

married to
Fulvia (113) (daughter of M. Fulvius (40) Bambalio) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Phil. 2.11

father of
-. Scribonius (7) Curio (son of C. Scribonius (11) C. f. C. n. Curio (tr. pl. suff. 50)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio LI 2.5

Career

  • Quaestor c. 55 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 4 Curio is not specifically called a Quaestor in any text, but the evidence for his age, and the date of his tribunate support the conjecture. He did not return to Rome before the autumn of 53, since Cicero attained the augurate in his absence (Cic. Phil. 2.4). (Broughton MRR II)
    • No title preserved. May have served in this year and until late in 53 or early in 52 under C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.6.1; cf. Fam. 2.1-6). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proquaestor c. 54 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. May have served in this year and until late in 53 or early in 52 under C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.6.1; cf. Fam. 2.1-6). (Broughton MRR II)
    • With C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.1-6). See 54, Quaestors. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proquaestor c. 53 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. May have served in this year and until late in 53 or early in 52 under C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.6.1; cf. Fam. 2.1-6). (Broughton MRR II)
    • With C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.1-6). See 54, Quaestors. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proquaestor c. 52 Asia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. May have served in this year and until late in 53 or early in 52 under C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.6.1; cf. Fam. 2.1-6). (Broughton MRR II)
    • With C. Claudius Pulcher in Asia (Cic. Phil. 2.4; Fam. 2.1-6). See 54, Quaestors. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Pontifex 51 to 49 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Succeeded C. Scribonius Curio (10). If he, and not his son, was a member of the college of Pontifices (see 57, Pontifices), his place became vacant in 53. See above, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Elected, probably in 52 and certainly by 51, in succession to his father (see 53, Pontifices; Cic. Fam. 2.7.3, Dec. 51; Dio 40.62.1-2, cf. Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8.6.5). (Broughton MRR II)
    • See above, Promagistrates. Caesar may possibly have secured election of a successor in late 49 (see above, Dictator), otherwise there was no succession until autumn of 47 (Dio 42.20.4, cf. 27.2, and 51.3). (Broughton MRR II)
    • These men were witnesses to the resolutions of the Senate reported by Caelius to Cicero in Fam. 8.8.5-6. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis Suffectus 50 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Elected in place of Servaeus who had been convicted of bribery in the election (Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8. 4.2, and 5.3, and 8. 10, and 10. 3; Cic. Fam. 15.14.5; Att. 6.1.23 and 25; 6.2.6, and 3.4; Varro Vit. P. R. in Non. 214 L), he advanced a series of bills: 1. on the Campanian land (Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8. 10.4); 2. to annex the kingdom of Juba (Caes. BC 2.25.4; Lucan 4.689ff., and Bern. Schol. p. 146 U; Dio 41.41.3); 3. to restore C. Memmius from exile (Cic. Att. 6.1.23); 4. to reduce luxury when travelling (Att. 6.1.25); 5. to set himself up as road commissioner for five years (Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8.6.5; App. BC 2.27); and 6. a grain law (Fam. 8.6.5). Bribed by Caesar (Val. Max. 9.1.6; Vell. 2.48.3-4; Lucan 4.820; Suet. Iul. 29; Tac. Ann. 11.7; Plut. Pomp. 58; Caes. 29.3; Ant. 5.2; App. BC 2.26; Dio 40.60.2; Serv. ad Aen. 6.621), he used the refusal of his demand for intercalation in the calendar (Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8.6.4-5, and 11.1; Dio 40.62.1) as an excuse to go over publicly to Caesar's support, in active opposition to Pompey and the optimate faction (Cael. in Cic. Fam. 8.6.3-5, and 11, and 13; Cic. Fam. 2.7; 2.13.3, and 15.3; Att. 7.7.5; Hirt. in BG 8.52.4; Caes. BC 2.25; Vell. 2.48.3-5; Suet. Iul. 29; Plut. Pomp. 58-59; Caes. 29-30; Ant. 5; App. BC 2.26-31; Dio 40.59-66; Schol. Bob. 85 Stangl). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Propraetor? 49 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • He was granted an imperium pro praetore by Caesar's Senate (Cic. Att. 10.4.8-11; Caes. BC 1.30.2; cf. Suet. Iul. 36, legatos), and proceeded to occupy Sicily (Caes. BC 2.3.1-2; Lucan 3.59; see above, on Cato). From there he attempted to win Africa, but was defeated and killed in battle in the Bagradas valley by Juba and the Pompeians (Caes. BC 1.30.2; 2.23-44; 3.10.5; Auct. Bell. Afr. 19.2; Liv. Per. 110, legatus; Lucan 4.581-824; App. BC 2.44- 46; Dio 41.41.1-42.7; 42.56.2; cf. Vell. 2.55.1; Plin. NH 36.116; Frontin. Str. 2.5.40; Suet. Iul. 36, a Legate; Flor. 2.13.34; Jerome, Chr. ad ann. 54, p. 155 Helm; Oros. 6.15.9; Schol. Bob. 85 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 291 Stangl). See below. Legates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 49 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • The bearer of Caesar's message to the Senate on January 1 (Cic. Fam. 16.11.2; 8.17.1; Liv. Per. 109; Vell. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus Pro Praetore ? 49 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably a Legate under Caesar in the first days of the war in Italy, when he captured Iguvium (Caes. BC 1.12.1- 3; cf. Liv. Per. 110; Suet. Iul. 36; and see above, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Tr. pl. 50. Quaestor and proquaestor in Asia, 55? to early 52? He is named without title in an inscription of Caunus of Caria (G. E. Bean, JHS 74, 1954, 89, nos. 23, 24) along with a C. Scribonius C. f. Curio who is probably his son, and Memmia C. f., either his son's wife or his own. See Sumner, Orators 148, and stemma of the Memmii, 87. Promagistrate or Legatus pro praetore 49. See MRR 2.263264. In 49 Curio was most probably a legatus pro praetore by Caesar's appointment as his lictors were laureati, but he presented himself ambiguously as propraetore with six lictors instead of five ex senatus consulto surrupto (Cic. Att. 10.4.9-10). He is termed legatus in Livy (Per. 110) and Suet. Iul. 36, but is recorded by Appian (BC 2.7) as accepting acclamation as imperator from his army in Africa. Note in Caesar's account his choice of death for losing the army quem a Caesare fidei commissum acceperit (BC 2.42.4). See Shackleton Bailey, CLA 4.404. (Broughton MRR III)

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