Decimus Junius Silanus was a consul of the Roman Republic. He was possibly the son of Marcus Junius Silanus, the consul in 109 BCE. He was the step-father of Marcus Junius Brutus because he married his mother, Servilia. Consul (abbrev. ... See also Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century). ... (Redirected from 109 BCE) Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 150s BC 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC - 100s BC - 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC Years: 114 BC 113 BC 112 BC 111 BC 110 BC - 109 BC... Brutus is a Roman cognomen used by several politicians of the Junii family, especially in the Roman Republic. ...

Political Career

He was aedile in 70 BCE, but he lost the election to be a consul of 63. He was successfull the following year, and so in consequence of his being consul designatus was first asked for his opinion bv Cicero in the debate in the senate on the punishment of the Catilinarian conspirators. At first he spoke in favor of death for the conspirators, but then he spoke in favor of merely imprisoning them until Catiline had been conquered. Aedile (Latin Aedilis, from aedes, aedis temple, building) was an office of the Roman Republic. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 74 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68 BC 67 BC... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC Years: 68 BC 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60... Marcus Tullius Cicero (IPA: ;) (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin orator and prose stylist. ... Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC?–62 BC), known in English as Catiline, was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC who is best known for the Catiline (or Catilinarian) conspiracy, an attempt to overthrow the Roman Republic, and in particular the power of the aristocratic Senate. ...

He was consul in 62 with Lucius Licinius Murena. They proposed the lex Licinia Junia, which enacted that a rogatio, a discussionary meeting, must be promulgated three nundinae, or martket-intervals, before the people voted on it. It also confirmed the lex Caecilia Didia. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC - 60s BC - 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC Years: 67 BC 66 BC 65 BC 64 BC 63 BC 62 BC 61 BC 60 BC 59... Lucius Licinius Murena, Roman consul, was the son of Lucius Licinius Murena who was defeated by Mithradates in Asia in 81 BC He was for several years legate of Lucius Licinius Lucullus in the third Mithradatic War. ... The Lex Caecilia Didia was an important law introduced in 98 BC by the consuls Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos and Titus Didius. ...

References

• Appian, Bellum Civilum, ii.5.
• Cicero, de Officiis, ii.16; ad Atticum, i.1, ii.9, iv.16, xii.21.7; in Catilinam, iv.4; pro Sestio, 64; in Vatinum, 14; Philippics, v.3.
• Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, ii.35.
• Plutarch, Cicero, 20, 21; Cato Minor, 22.
• Sallust, Bellum Catilinae, 50.
• Suetonius, Caesar, 14.

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