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Gaius Memmius (other)
Gaius Memmius may refer to: * Gaius Memmius (consul 34 BC), Roman senator who was appointed suffect consul in 34 BC * Gaius Memmius (praetor 58 BC), Roman poet, orator, tribune of the people in 66 BC, and believed to be the dedicatee of Lucretius' ''De rerum natura'' (''On the Nature of Things'') * Gaius Memmius (proconsul of Macedonia), Roman tribune in 111 BC, who was put to death in 100 BC by Saturninus so Servilius Glaucia could become consul * Gaius Memmius, brother-in-law of Pompey the Great (married to his sister Pompeia). Memmius served Pompey during his Sicilian campaign (81 BC) and during the Sertorian War The Sertorian War was a civil war in the Roman Republic fought from 80 to 72 BC between two Roman factions, one led by Quintus Sertorius and another led by the senate as constituted in the aftermath of Sulla's civil war. The war was fough .... See also * Saint Memmius, first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne * Quintus Fabius Memmius Symmachus, died 402 CE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Memmius (consul 34 BC)
Gaius Memmius (born c. 70 BC) was a Roman senator who was appointed suffect consul in 34 BC. Biography Gaius Memmius was the son of Gaius Memmius. His mother was Fausta Cornelia, thus making him a grandson of controversial Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the former dictator of Rome. A Novus homo, very little is known of his career, and it is unknown whether he was a supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus or of Marcus Antonius. He was appointed ''consul suffectus'' in 34 BC, replacing Lucius Scribonius Libo. He was later appointed proconsular governor of Asia, sometime after 30 BC. During his tenure as governor, Memmius set up monument honoring himself and three generations of his family, which still survives today.I. Ephesos II. 403. The inscription reads: which translates as: Sources * Broughton, T. Robert S., ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', Vol II (1952) * Syme, Ronald''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (1986)Clarendon Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Memmius (praetor 58 BC)
Gaius Memmius (, incorrectly called Gemellus, "The Twin") was a Roman politician, orator and poet. He is most famous as the dedicatee of Lucretius' ''De Rerum Natura'', and for his appearances in the poetry of Catullus. Life and career Memmius was born around 99 BC, a member of the prominent plebeian '' gens Memmia''. His father was Lucius Memmius, possibly the same Lucius Memmius who served as '' triumvir monetalis'' in 109 BC. Memmius first appears in the historical record as a Tribune of the Plebs for 66 BC, in which role he prosecuted Marcus Lucullus for his actions as quaestor under the rule of Sulla. More significantly, as Pompey the Great assumed command of the Roman armies in the Third Mithridatic War in the same year, Memmius led the opposition to Marcus Lucullus' brother, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, whom Pompey had replaced. Memmius, an ally of Pompey's both politically and through family connections, charged Lucullus with embezzlement and needlessly protracting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Memmius (proconsul Of Macedonia)
Gaius Memmius (c. 140s BC – December 100 BC) was a Roman politician. He was murdered by Gaius Servilius Glaucia during the disturbances that rocked Rome during the violent uprising and suppression of Lucius Appuleius Saturninus. Career Gaius Memmius was elected tribune of the plebs in 111 BC, and was instrumental in relaunching the Jugurthine War after Jugurtha’s surrender in 111 BC. During his tribunate, he accused the consul Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, the senator Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and other aristocrats of accepting bribes from King Jugurtha. He summoned Jugurtha to appear in Rome, and promised him safe conduct in order that he may be questioned, but when Jugurtha arrived, Memmius was prevented from questioning the king by his colleague Gaius Baebius, whom Jugurtha bribed to impose his veto. Memmius served as praetor sometime between in 107 and 102 BC, and this was followed by the proconsular governorship of Macedonia. Then, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus prosecuted Memmius w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Memmius (brother-in-law To Pompey)
Gaius Memmius (died 75 BC) was a Roman politician and a soldier who served as quaestor in 76 BC. He was married to Pompeia, the sister of Pompey the Great. Biography Gaius Memmius was the son of Lucius Memmius. Lucius was the brother of the Gaius Memmius who was plebeian tribune in 111 BC. Lucius had a son, this Gaius' brother, also called Lucius, who was plebeian tribune in 90. This Gaius married the sister of Pompey the Great, Pompeia. Their marriage produced a homonymous son who later became a moneyer and, in 54 BC, plebeian tribune. This Memmius first appears as a moneyer in 87 BC. He then served Pompey during his Sicilian command in 81 BC at the end of Sulla's civil war. When Pompey sailed to Africa, to fight his enemies under Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, he put Memmius in command on Sicily. During the Sertorian War, Memmius first served the proconsul Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, who was given the command against the Roman rebel Quin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved much military and political success himself. He was an ally and a rival of Julius Caesar, and died in civil war with him. A member of the senatorial nobility, Pompey entered into a military career while still young. He rose to prominence serving Sulla as a commander in the civil war of 83–81 BC. Pompey's success as a general while young enabled him to advance directly to his first consulship without following the traditional '' cursus honorum'' (the required steps to advance in a political career). He was elected as consul on three occasions (70, 55, 52 BC). He celebrated three triumphs, served as a commander in the Sertorian War, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pompeia (sister Of Triumvir Pompey)
Pompeia (born late 2nd century BC and died some time 1st century BC) was a Roman noblewoman of plebeian status. Biography Early life She was born and raised in a senatorial family in Rome. Her father was the consul and general Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo but the name of her mother is uncertain, some sources claim she was a Lucilia but others that Lucilia was her grandmother. Pompeia's brother was the future triumvir Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (better known as Pompey the Great) who was relatively close in age to her. They also probably had another sister who was somewhat older. Marriages Pompeia married the Roman nobleman and politician Gaius Memmius. They likely had a son by the same name who became a moneyer. Memmius was an ally to her brother; he commanded forces under Pompey in Sicily in 81 BC; he served Pompey as a quaestor from 76 to 75 BC during the Sertorian War on the Iberian Peninsula. In 75 BC Memmius was killed in a battle near Saguntum. After Memmius's death she married Publius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sertorian War
The Sertorian War was a civil war in the Roman Republic fought from 80 to 72 BC between two Roman factions, one led by Quintus Sertorius and another led by the senate as constituted in the aftermath of Sulla's civil war. The war was fought on the Iberian Peninsula (called ''Hispania'' by the Romans) and was one of the Roman civil wars of the first century BC. The Sertorians comprised many Roman exiles from the Sullan proscriptions led by Sertorius, who fashioned himself proconsul, and native Celts, Aquitanians, and Iberians. The war takes its name from Quintus Sertorius, the leader of the opposition. It was notable for Sertorius' successful use of guerrilla warfare. Sertorius was sent by the Marian regime as proconsul to Hispania in 83 BC, but was ejected by a Sullan army in 81 BC. He returned in 80 BC, landing in Hispania Ulterior, and campaigned with success against the Sullan governors, depicting himself as the legitimate Roman governor of Hispania whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Memmius
Saint Memmius () is venerated as the first bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne (now ''Châlons-en-Champagne''), and founder of the diocese. According to tradition, Memmius was a Roman citizen who was consecrated by Saint Peter and sent to Gaul to convert the people there to Christianity. However, according to Flodoard, he was a contemporary of Saint Sixtus, bishop of Reims.Alban Butler, ''The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' (J. Duffy, 1866), 103. Memmius' sister, Saint Poma, is also venerated as a saint. Veneration Saint Gregory of Tours writes that while traveling through Châlons, his servant fell sick from fever. Gregory prayed at Memmius' tomb and by the next morning Gregory's servant had been cured. Memmius' immediate successors, Donatian and Domitian Domitian ( ; ; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
