TILL2634 L. Tillius (5) Cimber

Life Dates

  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 135

  • Before 30?, death (Hinard 1985) Expand

    All of the Liberators were dead by 30.

Career

  • Praetor? 45 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably Praetor in 45, since he became Proconsul of Bithynia and Pontus in 44 (see 44, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Praetor 45? His praetorship, inferred from his command in Bithynia and Pontus in 44-43, remains uncertain (Sumner, Phoenix 25, 1971, 361). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 44 Bithynia, Pontus (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor, probably Proconsul, of Bithynia and Pontus, appointed before Caesar's death (App. BC 3.2; cf. Plut. Brut. 19.2). An active member of the conspiracy, he initiated proceedings on the Ides of March by asking for pardon for his brother (Nic. Dam. Vit. Caes. 24, FGrH 2A.408f.; Suet. Iul. 82.1; Plut. Caes. 66.3-4; Brut. 17.2-4; App. BC 2.113, and 117; Dio 47.31.1; cf. Cic. Phil. 2.27; Senec. Ep. Mor. 83.12; Ira 3.30.4-5; Dio 44.19.4). He immediately departed to Bithynia, succeeding Marcius Crispus, and prepared a fleet (Cic. Fam. 12.13.3) as well as money and troops at Brutus' request (App. BC 3.6; see 43, Promagistrates). See Sternkopf, Hermes 47 (1912) 331. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul? 43 Pontus, Bithynia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor, probably Proconsul, in Bithynia and Pontus (see 44, Promagistrates). He sent a fleet against Dolabella (see Quaestors, on Turullius; Cic. Fam. 12.13.3), and himself led an army against him in Asia Minor (Cic. Ad Brut. 1.6.3; Dio 47.31.1-2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 42 Thracia, Macedonia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Commander of a legion and of a squadron of Cassius' fleet, he outflanked Decidius and Norbanus in the pass of the Corpilans (App. Be 4.102) and later joined his commander at Philippi (4.105, no title preserved). (Broughton MRR II)