Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus Politician

Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (c. 116 – soon after 56 BC), younger brother of the more famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and consul of ancient Rome in 73 BC. As proconsul of Macedonia in 72 BC, he defeated the Bessi in Thrace and advanced to the Danube and the west coast of the Black Sea. In addition, he was marginally involved in the Third Servile War (a.k.a. Spartacus' War).

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, -0116
Birth place
Roman Republic , Rome
Residence
Roman Republic , Rome

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Politician

office
Consul of the Roman Republic
Curule Aedile of the Roman Republic
Praetor Peregrinus of the Roman Republic
Proconsul of the Roman Republic administering Macedonia
party
Optimates
successor
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus
Lucius Gellius Publicola (consul 72 BC)

Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/oi?ikey=180494&bookid=225&caller=gis&region=3.
  2. http://www.kennydominican.joyeurs.com/LatinLibrary/RomanLaw/Senatus/Amphiarai_Riccobono.htm.