Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus
Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus (c. 180 BC – 130 BC)adopted at an unknown date by Publius Licinius Crassus (consul 171 BC), his mother's brother, or (although improbable) by a son of the consul of 205 BC, Publius Licinus Crassus Dives.[2]
Career
Mucianus became
Pergamum, after it had been left to Rome in the will of Attalus III. He was the first Pontifex Maximus to leave Italy voluntarily (whereas Scipio Nasica Serapio had been sent out of Italy by the Senate). Crassus Mucianus met with defeat against Aristonicus, and while retreating, he was overtaken by the enemy and stabbed to death. According to one source,[4]
he deliberately refused to reveal his identity to avoid the humiliation of being captured alive.
According to ancient historians, he was a wealthy, cultivated man who spoke several varieties of
Gaius
.
Family
Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianus was the son of Publius Mucius Scaevola and Licinia, the sister of
Publius Mucius Scaevola, became consul in 133 BC. Thus, Crassus Mucianus was related to several consuls. His paternal grandfather, Quintus Mucius Scaevola, had been praetor
in 215 BC, but had fallen ill and died before he could stand for election to the consulship.
Crassus Mucianus was probably born around 180 BC. The date of his adoption is unknown. He married Clodia, (possibly the sister of
Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
, the would-be reformer who died in 121 BC.
A cousin was
Social War
.
The family Mucii gained several consulships between 175 BC and 95 BC, including no less than three consuls who became
Pontifex Maximus
(including Crassus Mucianus who was adopted out).
See also
- Licinia (gens)
- Mucia (gens)
References
- ^ Crassus Dives Mucianus, Publius Licinius. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved August 27, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Publius-Licinius-Crassus-Dives-Mucianus
- ^ Cicero, De oratore 1.170 and 1.240; Brutus 98.
- ^ Cicero, Philippicae 11.18
- ^ Valerius Maximus 3.2.12.
- ^ Valerius Maximus 8.7.6; Quintilian, Institutio oratoria 11.2.50
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