Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

IUNI2747 M. Iunius (172) M. f. D. n. Silanus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • 69?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 43, proscribed (Hinard 1985) Expand

    Hinard 43 no. 68

Relationships

son of
? M. Iunius (170) Silanus (pr. before 76) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
? M. Iunius (171) Silanus (leg. lieut. 53) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 43 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • An officer (#, Dio 46.38.6) under Lepidus, who sent him to Antony at Mutina, but disavowed responsibility for the help that Silanus gave (Cic. Fam. 10.30.1, and 34.2; Dio 46.38.6-7, and 50.3, and 51.1; Zonar. 10.15). See PIR 2.246, no. 549; De Laet no. 203. (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)
  • Officer (Title Not Preserved)? before 38 (Broughton MRR III) Expand
    • 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)
  • Augur? 39 to 34 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Probably an Augur soon after 38, since the title appears on his coins ca. 34 B. C. (Grueber, CRRBM 2.522; see 34, Promagistrates). A patrician after 29. See PIR 2.246, no. 549; De Laet no. 203. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quaestor Pro Consule 34 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Termed Q(uaestor) pro co(n)s(ule) on coins which were probably minted in Greece (Grueber, CRRBM 2.522). In an Athenian decree (IG² 2-3.4114) he is termed (Proquaestor) and honored by Boeotians, Euboeans, Locrians, Phocians, and Dorians. See Groag, Röm. Reichsbeamten von Achaia 8ff.; PIR 2.246, no. 549; De Laet no. 203. (Broughton MRR II)
    • See above, Promagistrates. The coins which bear the inscription Q(uaestor) pro co(n)s(ule) carry also the inscription Aug(ur) (Grueber, CRRBM 2.522). The date of his election remains unknown. See PIR 2.246, no. 549; De Laet no. 203. (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)
  • Proquaestor 33 Achaea, Macedonia? (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Termed Proquaestor in a decree found at Athens (IG² 2-3.4114) in which he is honored by Boeotians, Euboeans, Locrians, Phocians, and Dorians. See 34, Promagistrates; Groag, Röm. Reichsbeamten von Achaia 8ff. He probably had charge of Macedonia also until Antony came in 32. See PIR 2.246, no. 549; De Laet no. 205. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Moneyer 33 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 542 (RRC)
  • Augur 33 to after 31 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Proquaestor 32 Achaea?, Macedonia? (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See 34, and 33, Promagistrates. He probably remained in command of Greece and Macedonia until Antony came. (Broughton MRR II)

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