Gaius Memmius (governor of Macedonia)
Gaius Memmius (c. 140s BC – December 100 BC) was a Roman politician. He was murdered by Gaius Servilius Glaucia during the disturbances that rocked Rome during the violent uprising and suppression of Lucius Appuleius Saturninus.
Career
Gaius Memmius was elected
Memmius served as praetor sometime between in 107 and 102 BC,[2] and this was followed by the proconsular governorship of Macedonia.[3] Then, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus prosecuted Memmius with the charge of extortion. Memmius was found not guilty of all charges.[4]
In 100 BC, Memmius was a candidate for the consulship of the following year (99 BC), but was slain in a riot on the election day, stirred up by his rival the praetor Gaius Servilius Glaucia. It has been speculated that, primarily due to Cicero describing him as consul designatus,[5] Memmius was actually elected Consul in the disrupted elections of 99 BC, and was killed after his successful candidature was announced in the Roman Forum.[6]
Character
References
- ^ Broughton I, pg. 541
- ^ Sumner, pp. 85–86.
- ^ Broughton I, pg. 564
- ^ Dyck, Andrew R., Marcus Tullius Cicero: Speeches on Behalf of Marcus Fonteius and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus: Translated with Introduction and Commentary, (2012) pg. 58
- ^ Broughton III, pg. 23
- ^ Goldsworthy, Adrian, Caesar (2007), pg. 16
- ^ Vir acer et infestus potentiae nobilitatis. Sallust Bellum Iugurthinum 27
- ^ De oratore, ii. 59, 70.
Sources
- Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol I (1952)
- Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III (1986)
- Sumner, G.V. (1973). The Orators in Cicero's Brutus: Prosopography and Chronology. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5281-9.
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