In 74 BC, Junius Brutus put up his lands for security on behalf of a relative who was brought up on charges before Verres, the praetor urbanus.[9] Brutus was still alive in 63 BC, when his wife Sempronia was caught up in the conspiracy of Catiline. It was during one of his absences from Rome that the conspirators met at his house.
Junius Brutus’ short political career is accounted for by the fact that he was more involved in the civil and legal spheres of public life rather than the political, and he was noted as a man well versed in Greek and Latin learning.[10]
Personal lifeedit
Brutus was married to a woman named Sempronia. His son was Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar (not to be confused with his distant cousin and fellow assassin Marcus Junius Brutus). Historian Ronald Syme proposed that Brutus may have been married to another woman before Sempronia, a Postumia who could have been a sister of the wife of Servius Sulpicius Rufus, he states that it is possible that this Postumia could have been Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus mother instead of Sempronia.[11]
Referencesedit
^Wiseman, Timothy Peter (1974). Cinna the Poet, and Other Roman Essays. Leicester University Press. p. 153. ISBN9780718511203.
^Wiseman, Timothy Peter (1974). Cinna the Poet, and Other Roman Essays. Leicester University Press. p. 157. ISBN9780718511203.
decimus, junius, brutus, consul, decimus, junius, brutus, century, roman, politician, elected, consul, contents, career, personal, life, references, sourcescareer, edita, member, plebeian, gens, junia, father, decimus, junius, brutus, callaicus, mother, clodia. Decimus Junius Brutus fl 1st century BC was a Roman politician who was elected consul in 77 BC Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 SourcesCareer editA member of the plebeian gens Junia his father was Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus and his mother was a Clodia either from the Pulchri or Marcelli 1 2 He was one of the young nobles who fought against Lucius Appuleius Saturninus and killed him and his followers in the Curia Hostilia 3 A supporter of the Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla 4 he was elected Praetor probably in 80 BC 5 He was criticised for his support of Sulla after Sulla s death by Marcus Aemilius Lepidus 6 In 77 BC he was elected consul alongside Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus 7 Neither Junius Brutus nor his consular colleague accepted a proconsular command in Hispania to help Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius in the Sertorian War 8 In 74 BC Junius Brutus put up his lands for security on behalf of a relative who was brought up on charges before Verres the praetor urbanus 9 Brutus was still alive in 63 BC when his wife Sempronia was caught up in the conspiracy of Catiline It was during one of his absences from Rome that the conspirators met at his house Junius Brutus short political career is accounted for by the fact that he was more involved in the civil and legal spheres of public life rather than the political and he was noted as a man well versed in Greek and Latin learning 10 Personal life editBrutus was married to a woman named Sempronia His son was Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus one of the assassins of Julius Caesar not to be confused with his distant cousin and fellow assassin Marcus Junius Brutus Historian Ronald Syme proposed that Brutus may have been married to another woman before Sempronia a Postumia who could have been a sister of the wife of Servius Sulpicius Rufus he states that it is possible that this Postumia could have been Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus mother instead of Sempronia 11 References edit Wiseman Timothy Peter 1974 Cinna the Poet and Other Roman Essays Leicester University Press p 153 ISBN 9780718511203 Wiseman Timothy Peter 1974 Cinna the Poet and Other Roman Essays Leicester University Press p 157 ISBN 9780718511203 Smith pg 510 Gruen pg 123 Broughton pg 79 Sallust Histories 1 48 3 Broughton pg 88 Gruen pgs 18 19 Cicero In Verrem 2 1 144 Gruen pg 123 Smith pg 510 Syme Ronald No Son for Caesar page 8Sources editBrennan T Corey The Praetorship in the Roman Republic Volume 2 2000 Gruen Erich S The Last Generation of the Roman Republic 1995 Broughton T Robert S The Magistrates of the Roman Republic Vol II 1951 Smith William Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Vol III 1867 Political offices Preceded byMarcus Aemilius LepidusQuintus Lutatius Catulus Roman consul77 BCwith Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus Succeeded byGnaeus OctaviusGaius Scribonius Curio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Decimus Junius Brutus consul 77 BC amp oldid 1064143013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
