Lucius Aurelius Orestes was a Roman politician who served as consul of the Roman Republic in 126 BC with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.[1] He had served as praetor some time before 129 BC.[2] After his consulship, he was assigned as proconsul in Sardinia, with Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and Gaius Gracchus as his subordinates.[3] His command in Sardinia was prorogued in 124 BC, which his quaestor and lieutenant Gaius Gracchus responded to by deserting for home to stand for plebeian tribune.[4] After winning victory over the natives, he triumphed in 122 BC.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Broughton 1951, p. 508.
- ^ Broughton 1952, p. 536.
- ^ Bates, Richard L (1986). ""Rex in Senatu": a political biography of M Aemilius Scaurus". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 130 (3): 252. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 986827.
- ^ Badian 1983, pp. 160, 161. "[Gracchus'] desertion (to give it its proper designation) was bound to have a serious effect on the whole war".
- ^ Badian 1983, pp. 160–1; Broughton 1951, p. 518.
Bibliography
[edit]- Badian, Ernst (1983). "The Silence of Norbanus". The American Journal of Philology. 104 (2): 160. doi:10.2307/294289. ISSN 0002-9475. JSTOR 294289.
- Broughton, TRS (1951). Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1. American Philological Association.
- Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1952). The magistrates of the Roman republic. Vol. 2. New York: American Philological Association.
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