Legatus (Ambassador)
218
Africa
(Broughton MRR I)
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The term maiores natu favors identifying Licinius with the Consul of 236 even though he is listed after the Consuls of 219. Otherwise he would be an unknown ex-Praetor, possibly the father of P. Licinius Crassus, the Consul of 171 (Münzer RE). (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)