PONT2637 L. Pontius (17) Pap.? Aquila

Life Dates

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

    KIA, B. of Mutina.

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis 45 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Tribune who refused to rise as a mark of respect to Caesar at his triumph (Suet. Iul. 78.2; cf. on his name, Cic. Att. 1.1.3; 7.2.2; and on the confiscation of his land, Cic. Att. 14.21.3; cf. Suet. Iul. 50.2; Macrob. 2.2.5). (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 44 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Legate under Decimus Brutus in Cisalpine Gaul (see 43, Legates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 43 Gallia Cisalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • A Legate under Decimus Brutus in Cisalpine Gaul, who drove Antony's Legate Plancus Bursa back from Pollentia (Cic. Phil. 11.14; 13.27; Dio 46.38.3; Zonar. 10.15). He perished in the fighting about Mutina, and a statue was decreed in his honor (Cic. Fam. 10.33.4; 11.31.1; Dio 46.40.2). See R-G. 3.639. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Leg., lieut. 43. In MRR 2.354, refer also to Cic. Ad Caes. Iun. Fr. 13 (Tyrrell and Purser, Corr. Cic. 6, p. 297). See Shackleton Bailey, CLF 2.330. (Broughton MRR III)