Lucius Sempronius Atratinus (consul 34 BC)
Lucius Sempronius Atratinus (died 7 AD) was a
Marcus Tullius Cicero
.
Biography
Probably born a member of the
Marcus Tullius Cicero, and in his published speech Pro Caelio, Cicero claimed that Atratinus was being manipulated by Clodia to get revenge on Caelius for an affair gone wrong.[4]
In 40 BC, Atratinus was elected
A supporter of Mark Antony, Atratinus was one of his
Greece in 39 BC.[7] In 36 BC he was given command of a portion of a fleet which Antony had sent to help Octavianus deal with Sextus Pompey.[8] In 34 BC he was elected suffect consul on January 1, as Antony resigned his position as consul within 24 hours. Atratinus himself held the consulate until July 1 of that year.[9] At some point prior to the Battle of Actium, Atratinus abandoned Antony and switched his support to Octavianus.[10] He was made proconsular governor of Africa around 23 BC, and was awarded a triumph for his actions there in 21 BC.[11]
Atratinus's sister, Sempronia, was married to
Lucius Gellius Publicola.[12] Atratinus' poorly preserved burial mausoleum is located in Gaeta, Italy
.
Notes
- ^ Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III, pg. 187
- ^ Austin, R. G. (1960). Marci Tulli Ciceronis pro M. Caelio Oratio (3rd edition), Oxford, p. 154.
- ^ Holmes, pgs. 240-241
- ^ Holmes, pg. 241; Anthon & Smith, pg. 125
- ^ Broughton, pg. 379
- ^ Broughton, pg. 384
- ^ Broughton, pg. 388
- ^ Broughton, pg. 401; Syme, pg. 231
- ^ Broughton, pg. 409
- ^ Syme, pg. 282
- ^ Syme, pgs. 328 & 339
- ^ Syme, pg. 269
Sources
- T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol II (1952).
- Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution (1939)
- Holmes, T. Rice, The Roman Republic and the Founder of the Empire, Vol. II (1923)
- Anthon, Charles & Smith, William, A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography (1860).