LICI0840 C. Licinius (12, cf. 174) (Varus)?

Career

  • Legatus (Ambassador) 218 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • 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)