Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 92 BC)
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Gaius Claudius Pulcher was a Roman Republic
consul
in 92 BC
, together with Marcus Perperna
. His great-grandfather was Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 177 BC)
.
In 100 BC
he was one of those took up arms against Saturninus
. In 99 BC
he was curule aedile, and in the games celebrated by him elephants were for the first time exhibited in the circus, and painting employed in the scenic decorations. In 85 BC
he was praetor in Sicily, and, by direction of the senate, gave laws to the Halesini respecting the appointment of their senate. The Mamertines
made him their patronus. He was consul in 92 BC. Cicero speaks of him as a man possessed of great power and some ability as an orator.
Roman Republic
The Roman Republic was the period of the ancient Roman civilization where the government operated as a republic. It began with the overthrow of the Roman monarchy, traditionally dated around 508 BC, and its replacement by a government headed by two consuls, elected annually by the citizens and...
consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
in 92 BC
92 BC
Year 92 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pulcher and Perperna...
, together with Marcus Perperna
Marcus Perperna (consul 92 BCE)
Marcus Perperna was the son of a previous consul, Marcus Perperna.Marcus Perperna became consul in 92 BC with Gaius Claudius Pulcher, and censor in 86 BC with Lucius Marcius Philippus...
. His great-grandfather was Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 177 BC)
Gaius Claudius Pulcher (consul 177 BC)
Gaius Claudius Pulcher, a.k.a. Caius Claudius , consul in 177 BC, was the son of Appius Claudius Pulcher consul in 212 BC, and he was the father of Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul in 143 BC....
.
In 100 BC
100 BC
Year 100 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Marius and Flaccus...
he was one of those took up arms against Saturninus
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
Lucius Appuleius Saturninus was a Roman popularist and tribune; he was a political ally of Gaius Marius, and his downfall caused a great deal of political embarrassment for Marius, who absented himself from public life until he returned to take up a command in the Social War of 91 to 88...
. In 99 BC
99 BC
Year 99 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Antonius and Albinus...
he was curule aedile, and in the games celebrated by him elephants were for the first time exhibited in the circus, and painting employed in the scenic decorations. In 85 BC
85 BC
Year 85 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cinna and Carbo...
he was praetor in Sicily, and, by direction of the senate, gave laws to the Halesini respecting the appointment of their senate. The Mamertines
Mamertines
The Mamertines were mercenaries of Italian origin who had been hired from their home in Campania by Agathocles, the king of Syracuse. After Syracuse lost the Third Sicilian War, the city of Messana was ceded to Carthage in 307 BC. When Agathocles died in 289 BC he left many of his mercenaries idle...
made him their patronus. He was consul in 92 BC. Cicero speaks of him as a man possessed of great power and some ability as an orator.