Quintus Opimius was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family

He was a member of gens Opimia. His son

Lucius Opimius Lucius Opimius was a Roman politician who held the consulship in 121 BC, in which capacity and year he ordered the execution of 3,000 supporters of popular leader Gaius Gracchus without trial, using as pretext the state of emergency declared aft ...

was consul in 121 BC.

Career

In 154 BC, he was elected consul together with Lucius Postumius Albinus as his colleague.Titus Livius, XLVII He successfully defended the allied city of

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against the

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, receiving a triumph.Charles Ludwig Elvers, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 8, p. 1156 His colleague Postumius Albinus died while serving as a consul, being succeeded by Manius Acilius Glabrio.Polybius, History,33,8 -11

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2nd-century BC Roman consuls Opimii {{AncientRome-politician-stub