As proconsul, his allotted province was Spain. The consul of the previous year, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, had recently suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Numantines and was forced to surrender, an event known as the foedus Mancinum. As his successor in Spain, it was Furius Philus who handed Mancinus over to the Numantines as recompense for the annulled treaty.
Furius was remembered for deliberately picking two of his personal enemies, a 'Q. Metellus' and a 'Q. Pompeius', as lieutenants for his Spanish command, apparently so that his achievements could be lauded by even those who disliked him. For this, he was remembered either as an admirable model of Roman self-confidence or as an example of Roman rashness.[1][2]
He is mentioned by Macrobius as the author of a work mentioning two sacral formulae to use against besieged cities, while Cicero, in de Republica, praises the style of Furius' speeches.
lucius, furius, philus, roman, statesman, became, consul, ancient, rome, member, scipionic, circle, particularly, close, scipio, aemilianus, proconsul, allotted, province, spain, consul, previous, year, gaius, hostilius, mancinus, recently, suffered, humiliati. Lucius Furius Philus was a Roman statesman who became consul of ancient Rome in 136 BC He was a member of the Scipionic Circle and particularly close to Scipio Aemilianus As proconsul his allotted province was Spain The consul of the previous year Gaius Hostilius Mancinus had recently suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Numantines and was forced to surrender an event known as the foedus Mancinum As his successor in Spain it was Furius Philus who handed Mancinus over to the Numantines as recompense for the annulled treaty Furius was remembered for deliberately picking two of his personal enemies a Q Metellus and a Q Pompeius as lieutenants for his Spanish command apparently so that his achievements could be lauded by even those who disliked him For this he was remembered either as an admirable model of Roman self confidence or as an example of Roman rashness 1 2 He is mentioned by Macrobius as the author of a work mentioning two sacral formulae to use against besieged cities while Cicero in de Republica praises the style of Furius speeches References edit Valerius Maximus 3 7 5 Dio Cassius 23 82 Cicero de Republica Cassius Dio Roman History Rawson Elizabeth 1973 Scipio Laelius Furius and the Ancestral Religion The Journal of Roman Studies Vol 63 pp 161 174 Preceded byMarcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina and Gaius Hostilius Mancinus Consul of the Roman Republicwith Sextus Atilius Serranus 136 BC Succeeded byServius Fulvius Flaccus and Quintus Calpurnius Piso nbsp This article about an Ancient Roman politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lucius Furius Philus amp oldid 1050214298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
