Titus Didius
Titus Didius | |
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| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office January 98 BC – December 98 BC | |
| Preceded by | Aulus Postumius Albinus and Marcus Antonius the Orator |
| Succeeded by | Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus and Publius Licinius Crassus |
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| Born | Roman Republic |
| Died | June 11, 89 BC |
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Titus Didius (also spelled Deidius in ancient times) was a politician and general of the
Family background
Titus Didius belonged to the
Career
Triumvir monetalis (c. 113–112 BC)
Titus Didius first appears in history as triumvir monetalis, one of the three men tasked with minting coins, probably in 113 or 112. The reverse of his denarii shows two gladiators fighting. Michael Crawford suggests that it may have been a political promise from Didius to offer gladiatorial shows, should he be elected curule aedile (the magistrate in charge of organising such games).[3] It is not known whether Didius was subsequently elected.
Tribune of the Plebs (103 BC)
Titus Didius held office in 103 BC as a tribune of the Plebs. He is noted for attempting to veto fellow tribune Gaius Norbanus's prosecution of Quintus Servilius Caepio in the aftermath of the Battle of Arausio, which resulted in him being driven off from the proceedings by force.
Praetor (101 BC)
Two years later in 101 BC, he was elected a
Consul (98 BC)
In 98 BC Didius was elected consul alongside
Proconsul (97–93 BC)
After his term as
The famous Roman rebel Quintus Sertorius served as a military tribune under Titus Didius in Spain. He was awarded the Grass Crown for crushing an insurrection in and around Castulo.[10]
Death (89 BC)
After concluding his service in Spain, Didius served as a legate in the Social War, under Lucius Julius Caesar in 90 BC, then Lucius Porcius Cato and Sulla in 89 BC.[11] Shortly following a successful capture of Herculaneum, he died in battle on June 11, 89 BC.
Footnotes
- ^ JSTOR 295885
- ^ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 472, 474 (note ).
- ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 308.
- ^ Cicero, "In Pisonem." http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0020&layout=&loc=Pis.+60
- ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 453.
- ^ Cicero, "de Domo Sua." <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0020&layout=&loc=dom.+53>
- ^ a b Appian, History of Rome. https://www.livius.org/ap-ark/appian/appian_spain_20.html#%A7100
- ^ William Smith, "T. Didius." Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1870. "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1005 (V. 1)". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Leonard A. Curchin, Roman Spain: Conquest and Assimilation (Routledge, 1991), p. 41 online.
- ^ Plutarch, Life of Marius, 27; Philip Matyszak, Sertorius and the struggle for Spain, p. 17.
- ^ Cicero, "Pro Fonteio." http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0019&layout=&loc=Font.+43
Bibliography
- T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association, 1951–1952.
- Michael Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge University Press, 1974.
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