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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
previously concerted with Antiochus Sidetes: at least, that monarch immediately took advantage of it to invade Judaea with a large army; and, Hyrcanus being unable to meet him in the field, laid siege to Jerusalem itself. The siege was closely pressed, and the Jews suffered severely from famine; but at length Antiochus consented to conclude a treaty, by which Jerusalem and its inhabitants were spared, on condition of the fortifications being dismantled and the payment of an annual tribute, B. C. 133. (J. AJ 13.7. ยงยง 3, 4, 8.1-3, B. J. 1.2.5; 1 Mace. xv. xvi.; Just. 36.1.; Diod. Exc. Hoesch. 34.1.; Plut. Apophth. p. 184. f.; Euseb. Arm. p. 167.) Four years afterwards Hyrcanus accompanied Antiochus in his expedition against Parthia, and bore an important part in his first successes, but returned with his auxiliaries to Jerusalem, at the approach of winter, by which means he fortunately escaped the final disaster that overwhelmed the Syrian king and his army. But as soon as he heard of t
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Lae'lius (search)
during his tribunate, to procure a re-division of the state-demesnes, but, either alarmed at the hostility it excited, or convinced of its impracticability, lie desisted from the attempt, and for his forbearance received the appellation of the Wise or the Prudent (Plut. TG 8). Laelius indeed had neither the steady principles of Tiberius, nor the fervid genius of C. Gracchus. He could discern, but he could not apply the remedy for social evils. And after the tribunate of the elder Gracchus, B. C. 133, his sentiments underwent a change. He assisted the consuls of B. C. 132 in examining C. Blossius of Cumae and the other partizans of Tib. Gracchus (Cic. de Amic. 11 ; comp. Plut. TG 20), and in B. C. 130, he spoke against the Papirian Rogation, which would have enabled the tribunes of the plebs to be re-elected from year to year (Cic. de Amic. 25; Liv. Epit. 59). But although Laelius was the strenuous opponent of the popular leaders of his age--the tribunes C. Licinius Crassus, B. C. 145,
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
t. 10.1; Hor. Sat. 2.1. 62, &c.; Pers. 1.115; Juv. 1.165 ; Hor. Sat. 1.4. 6, 1.10. 1, &c., 46, &c; Cic. de Orat. 2.6, de Fin. 1.3.) It must not be concealed that the accuracy of many of the above statements with regard to matters of fact, although resting upon the best evidence that antiquity can supply, have been called in question. Bayle adduces three arguments to prove that the dates given by Jerome must be erroneous. 1. If Lucilius was born in B. C. 148, since Numantia was taken in B. C. 133, he could have scarcely been fifteen years old when he joined the army; but the military age among the Romans was seventeen or, at the earliest, sixteen. 2. A. Gellius (2.24) gives a quotation from Lucilius, in which mention is made of the Licinian sumptuary law; but this law was passed about B. C. 98, therefore Lucilius must have been alive at least five years after the period assigned for his death. 3. Horace (Sat. 2.1. 28), when describing the devotion of Lucilius to his books, to w
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Luscus, A'nnius 2. T. Annius Luscus, T. F., son, probably, of the preceding, was consul in B. C. 153 (see Fasti). Cicero mentions him as a respectable orator (Brut. 20). In B. C. 133, Luscus appears among the opponents of Tib. Gracchus whom he foiled in the comitia by an insidious question. (Plut. TG 14.) A few words from one of his speeches are extant in Festus (s. v. Satura).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Metellus (search)
Metellus 10. C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, Q. F. Q. N., younger brother of the three preceding, and son of No. 5. The origin of his surname is quite uncertain. He served under Scipio at the siege of Numantia, B. C. 133, and the abuse which he received from Scipio, according to the tale related by Cicero (Cic. de Orat. 2.66), may have been owing to the enmity between his father [see above, p. 1057b.] and Scipio, rather than to any demerits of his own. He was consul B. C. 113 with Cn. Papirius Carbo, and went to Macedonia to carry on war with the Thracians, whom he quickly subdued. He obtained a triumph in consequence in the same year and on the same day with his brother Marcus. He was censor in B. C. 102 with Metellus Numidicus ; and he exerted himself, along with his brother Lucius, to obtain the recall of Numidicus from banishment in B. C. 99. (Eutrop. 4.25; Tac. Germ. 37; Obsequ. 98; Vell. 2.8; Cic. post Red. in Sen. 15, post Red. ad Quir. 3.) The annexed coin was struck by orde
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Mucia'nus, P. Lici'nius Crassus Dives was the son of P. Mucius Scaevola, consul B. C. 175, and brother of P. Mucius Scaevola, who was consul B. C. 133, in the year in which Tib. Gracchus lost his life. (Plut. Tib. Gracchus, 9.) Mucianus was adopted by P. Licinius Crassus Dives, who was the son of P. Licinius Crassus Dives, consul B. C. 205. This at least is Drumann's opinion, who thinks that it is more probable that he was adopted by the son than by the father. On being adopted he assumed, accd bequeathed it to the Romans. Crassus was the first pontifex maximus, according to Livy (Liv. Epit. 59) who went beyond the limits of Italy; but this is not true, unless Scipio Nasica was deprived of his office, for Nasica was pontifex maximus B. C. 133, after the death of Tib. Gracchus, and retired to Asia, where he soon died. (Plut. Tib. Gracchus, 21.) Crassus succeeded Nasica in the pontificate. Crassus was unsuccessful in the war. He was attacked at the siege of Leucae by Aristonicus, and
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Octavius (search)
Octavius 5. M. Octavius, may be, as Drumann has stated, a younger son of No. 3, so far as the time at which he lived is concerned, but no ancient writer speaks of him as his son. It would appear from Obsequens (100.130) that he bore the surname of Caecina. but the reading is nerhans faulty. He was the colleague of Tib. Gracchus in the tribunate of the plebs, B. C. 133, and opposed his tribunitian veto to the passing of the agrarian law. The history of his opposition, and the way in which he was in consequence deposed from his office by Tib. Gracchus, are fully detailed in the life of the latter. [Vol. II. p. 292a.] Octavius is naturally either praised or blamed according to the different views entertained by persons of the laws of Gracchus. Cicero (Cic. Brut. 25) calls Octavius civis in rebus optimis constantissimus, and praises him for his skill in speaking. We learn from Plutarch that Octavius was a personal friend of Gracchus, and that it was with considerable reluctance that
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Piso (search)
Piso 9. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, consul B. C. 133. His descent is quite uncertain, since neither the Fasti nor coins mention the name of his father. From his integrity and conscientiousness he received the surname of Frugi, which is perhaps nearly equivalent to our "man of honour," but the exact force of which is explained at length by Cicero (Tusc. 3.18). Piso was tribune of the plebs, B. C. 149, in which year he proposed the first law for the punishment of extortion in the provinces (Lex Calpurnia de Repetundis, Cic. Brut. 27, Verr. 3.84, 4.25, de Off. 2.21). In B. C. 133 he was consul with P. Mucius Scaevola, and was sent into Italy against the slaves. He gained a victory over them, but did not subdue them, and was succeeded in the command by the consul P. Rupilius (Oros. 5.9; V. Max. 2.7.9). Piso was a staunch supporter of the aristocratical party; and though he would not look over their crimes, as his law against extortion shows, still he was as little disposed to tolerate any
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Piso (search)
Piso 10. L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, the son of No. 9, and a worthy inheritor of his surname, served with distinction under his father in Sicily, in B. C. 133, and died in Spain about B. C. 111, whither he had gone as propraetor. (Cic. Ver. 4.25; V. Max. 4.3.10; Appian, App. Hisp. 99.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeius (search)
Pompeius 4. POMPEIUS, is mentioned as one of the opponents of Tib. Gracchus in B. C. 133 : he stated that, as he lived near Gracchus, he knew that Eudemus of Pergamum had given a diadem out of the royal treasures and a purple robe to Gracchus, and he also promised to accuse the latter as soon as his year of office as tribune had expired. (Plut. TG 14; Oros. 5.8.) Drumann makes this Pompeius the son of No. 3, and likewise tribune of the plebs for B. C. 132; but although neither of these suppositions is impossible, there is still no authority for them. It is not impossible that this Pompeius is the same as the preceding ; and as the latter very likely possessed public land, he would be ready enough to oppose Gracchus, although he had previously belonged to the popular party. We have likewise seen from his conduct in the Numantine war that he had no great regard for truth.
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