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TURR2669 C. Turranius (4)

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father of: Turrania? (14) (daughter of C. Turranius (4) (pr. 44)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand
App. b.c. IV 18 (72); -. Turranius (2) (son of C. Turranius (4) (pr. 44)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand
App. b.c. IV 18 (72), Val. Max. IX 11.5

Praetor 44 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
- Cic. Phil. 3.25. See above, on Marcius, Naso, and Oppius. (Broughton MRR II)
- Munzer, after first rejecting the identification of the colleague of C. Octavius in the aedileship, ca. 64, with C. Turranius (4), Pr. 44, reversed his position in his article in RE on the latter. Valerius Maximus (9.11.5, Toranius), Orosius (6.18.9, Thoranius), and Appian (BC 4.18, #) all refer to an aged ex- praetor who was proscribed and killed. There is no evidence that the colleague of C. Octavius attained the praetorship, but Suetonius (Aug. 27.1) reports that Octavian proscribed C. Toranius, his guardian and his father's colleague in the aedileship, while Appian (BC 4.12) refers to the same event and gives the name #. Against his identification there are also the mss tradition of Cic. Phil. 3.25 (Turranius) and the long interval between an aedileship in 64 and a praetorship in 44. Despite Willems (Senat 1.566, cf. 466, no. 105), the notices regarding the ex-praetor should be referred to C. Turranius (4) and the others to C. Toranius (4). Conceivably C. Toranius could have held a praetorship, but if so Suetonius ignores it. Nor is it probable that the Toranius to whom Cicero sent a letter of encouragement in 45 (Fam. 6.20 and 21) received a praetorship in 44. (RS, CP; TJC) See also Wiseman, NM 267, no. 439. (Broughton MRR III)