Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

BAEB0830 Q. Baebius (45) Cn. f. Tamphilus

Relationships

father of
? M. Baebius (44, cf. 1, 16) Q. f. Cn. n. Tamphilus (cos. 181) (Zmeskal 2009)
? Cn. Baebius (41) Q. f. Cn. n. Tamphilus (cos. 182) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Legatus (Envoy) 219 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • From Livy it would appear that these Envoys were dispatched under the Consuls of 218 (Liv. 21.6.3), but as Saguntum fell before the winter of 219-218, and the arrival of the Envoys may well have preceded Hannibal's attack (Polyb. 3.15.4), the date is at the latest early in 219. (Broughton MRR I)
    • According to Cicero (Phil. 5.27) and Livy (21.6.8), these were sent to Saguntum to order Hannibal to desist from the siege. On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 38, no. 16. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent as legatus to Hannibal in 219 and to Carthage in 218; see MRR 1.237 and 239. The spelling Tampilus in Cic. Phil. 5.27, as late as 43 B.C., may be a deliberate archaism (Shackleton Bailey, Onom.) (Broughton MRR III)
  • Praetor before 218 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • p. 726, footnote 18 (Brennan 2000)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 218 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See 219, Legates, Ambassadors. (Broughton MRR I)
    • These men, defined by Livy as maiores natu, were sent to Carthage with Rome's ultimatum (Liv. 21.18.1, cf. 21.19.6, and 20.9; Dio fr. 55.10; Zon. 8.22; cf. Polyb. 3.20.6 and 9, and 33.1-4, and 40.2; Frontin. Str. 1.11.4; Sil. Ital. 2.1-390; App. Ib. 13). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent as legatus to Hannibal in 219 and to Carthage in 218; see MRR 1.237 and 239. The spelling Tampilus in Cic. Phil. 5.27, as late as 43 B.C., may be a deliberate archaism (Shackleton Bailey, Onom.) (Broughton MRR III)