Licinius Macer
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Gaius Licinius Macer (died 66 BC) was a Roman annalist and politician.
Life
A member of the ancient
clan Licinia, he was tribune in 73 BC. Sallust mentions him agitating for the people's rights.[1] He became praetor in 68 BC, but in 66 BC Cicero succeeded in convicting him of bribery and extortion, upon which Macer committed suicide.[2]
Work
Macer wrote a history of Rome, in 16 books. The work is now lost, but from
intercalation to the Roman calendar.[6]
See also
- Licinius Macer Calvus, his son and a noted poet.
Notes
References
- ^ Sallust, Histories, 3.34.
- ^ Valerius Maximus, 9.12.7.
- Origo gentis romanae, Chapter 23.
- ^ Livy, 7.9.5 Archived 2018-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Livy, 4.7.12 Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, 4.20.8 , 4.23.2 .
- ^ Macrobius, Saturnalia, Book I, Chapter 13, §20
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