TURU2692 D. Turullius (1)

Life Dates

  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 144

  • 30, death - violent (DPRR Team) Expand

    Executed by Octavian. VM 1.1.19, Dio 51.8.3, Lactant. Inst. 2.8.

Career

  • Quaestor 44 Rome, Bithynia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • One of Caesar's murderers (Dio 51.8.2), who went to Bithynia with Annius Cimber, and held command of the fleet which Cimber prepared in 44 and sent against Dolabella in 43 (Cic. Fam. 12.13.3, quaestor; cf. on his praenomen, Dio, Publim, and coins of 31 B. C., Grueber, CRRBM 2.531, D.). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proquaestor 43 Bithynia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Though termed Quaestor when in command of Tillius Cimber's fleet (see above), he was probably technically a Proquaestor (see Cic. Fam. 12.13.3; 44, Quaestors). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant) 42 Rhodes, Calabria (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 43, Promagistrates. With a considerable naval squadron and funds extorted from Rhodes he joined Cassius of Parma after the battle of Philippi and went to Murcus and Ahenobarbus in the Adriatic (App. BC 5.2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 41 (DPRR Team) Expand
    • App BC 5.2. Fleet commander in the Adriatic, with Domitius Ahenobarbus. (DPRR Team)
  • Praefectus Classis 32 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Prefect under Mark Antony at Cos, 32-31. He sacrilegiously cut down much of the sacred grove of Aesculapius at Cos in order to get timber for the fleet (Val. Max. 1.1.19; Lactant. Div. Inst. 2.7, both with the title praefectus). Dio (51.8.2) has the praenomen P., but D. TVR is the inscription on the coins he issued under M. ANTONIVS. AVGVR IMP. about 31 (Grueber, CRRBM 2.531; Sydenham, CRR lxix, 195, 1211- 1211a; and now Crawford, RRC 1.542, no. 545, 31 B.C.). (RS, CP) See also Syme, Historia 13, 1964, 123- 124-RP 2.602-603. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Moneyer 31 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 545 (RRC)
  • Praefectus Classis 31 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • Prefect under Mark Antony at Cos, 32-31. He sacrilegiously cut down much of the sacred grove of Aesculapius at Cos in order to get timber for the fleet (Val. Max. 1.1.19; Lactant. Div. Inst. 2.7, both with the title praefectus). Dio (51.8.2) has the praenomen P., but D. TVR is the inscription on the coins he issued under M. ANTONIVS. AVGVR IMP. about 31 (Grueber, CRRBM 2.531; Sydenham, CRR lxix, 195, 1211- 1211a; and now Crawford, RRC 1.542, no. 545, 31 B.C.). (RS, CP) See also Syme, Historia 13, 1964, 123- 124-RP 2.602-603. (Broughton MRR III)