This article is on the consul of 151 BC - for the descendent (this man's grandson) see Lucullus, and for others of this name see Licinius (gens). Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ... Licinius was the nomen of the gens Licinia of ancient Rome. ...
Lucius Licinius Lucullus was a novus homo who became consul in 151 BC. He was imprisoned by the tribunes for attempting to enforce a troop levy too harshly. Upon reaching Hispania, he was disappointed to find that the Celtiberians had made peace, and attacked the Vaccaei and Cauci, massacring the second after having made an agreement with them. He was also envolved in the Lusitanian War. The term novus homo (literally, new man in Latin), referred in ancient Roman times to a person who was the first of his family to serve in the Roman Senate, or, less generally, the first to be elected as consul. ... This article is about the Roman rank. ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC - 151 BC - 150 BC 149 BC... Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law Tribune (from the Latin: tribunus; Greek form tribounos) was a title shared by 2-3 elected magistracies and other governmental and/or (para)military offices of the Roman Republic and Empire. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iberian Peninsula. ... The Celtiberians dwelt in the Iberian Peninsula and spoke a Celtic language. ... The Vacceos were an ancient tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania (in modern Spain). ... The Lusitanian War, called the Purinos Polemos (meaning Fiery War),[1] was a war of resistance fought between the advancing legions of the Roman Republic and the Lusitani tribes of Hispania Ulterior from 155 to 139 BC. The Lusitani revolted on two separate occassions (155 and again 146 BC) and...
Succeeded by Tiberius Quinctius Flaminius and Manius Acilius Balbus
At least seven notable Romans were named Lucius Valerius Flaccus. ... Marcus Claudius Marcellus was Roman consul for year 166 BC (together with Gaius Sulpicius Galba), for 155 BC (with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum), and for 152 BC (with Lucius Valerius Flaccus). ... This list of Republican Roman Consuls is based on the Varronian chronology, which intercalates four dictator years and has other peculiarities. ... This article is about the state which existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC. For the state which existed in the 18th century, see Roman Republic (18th century). ... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC - 151 BC - 150 BC 149 BC...
Born in Rome, he was a member of the prominent gens Licinia, the grandson of the consul LuciusLiciniusLucullus, and the son of Caecilia Metella Calva, sister of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus and of Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus (who was the father of Caecilia Metella Dalmatica, Sulla's third wife).
Lucullus returned in 80 BC and was elected curule aedile in 79, along with his brother Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, and gave splendid games.
Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus
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