Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

IUNI2463 M. Iunius (171) Silanus

Relationships

son of
? M. Iunius (170) Silanus (pr. before 76) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? M. Iunius (172) M. f. D. n. Silanus (proq. 32) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 53 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Legate of Caesar in Gaul (Caes. BG 6. 1. 1). (Broughton MRR II)
    • If the officer under Lepidus in 43 (MRR 2.353) may be identified with the consul of 25, he might better be listed as a tribune of the soldiers, although the case of Atticus (Nep. Att. 6.4) shows that non-senators could be legates. But the fact that the consul of 25 appears as a quaestor so late as 34 suggests that the legate of 43 may be an older man and identifiable with Caesar's legate in Gaul in 53 (2.231; no. 171). However, the rare title of quaestor pro praetore in 34 (2.412) suggests that he was then beyond normal rank and age. Note, incidentally, that Crawford (RRC 1.538-539, no. 542) dates his coinage as Q. PRO PR to 33. There was also the M. Silanus vir clarissimus who had served under Sextus Pompey and was restored by the peace of Misenum in 39 (Vell. 2.77.3; RE no. 172) who might be the legate of 53, or, if Velleius' phrase is prospective, the consul of 25. (TJC) As Munzer remarks, it is difficult to determine to which of the various M. Silani the various notices refer. (Broughton MRR III)

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