Marcus Herennius Picens (consul 34 BC)
Marcus Herennius Picens (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman senator who served as suffect consul in 34 BC, replacing Gaius Memmius and occupying the office from November 1 to the end of December.[1]
Authorities give slightly different versions of his name. T.R.S. Broughton and Ronald Syme refer to him simply as Marcus Herennius; however, K.M.T. Atkinson adds the cognomen Picens when she writes about him.
Biography
Herennius is a native of
How Herennius supported the cause of Caesar's heir Augustus is unclear; Syme includes his name in a list of several consuls "who have left no record of service to the rulers of Rome but, as sole and sufficient proof, the presence of their names upon the Fasti."[3] Despite this enigma, Herennius proceeded to the office of proconsular governor of Asia; although Broughton dated this to 33/32 BC,[4] Atkinson has argued 28/27 BC better fits.[5]
Herennius was the
Sources
- Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol I (1951)
- Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol III (1986)
- Syme, Ronald, The Roman Revolution (1939)