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Lucius Porcius Licinus

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Lucius Porcius Licinus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family

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He was a member of the gens Porcia. His father of the same name served as praetor at the Battle of the Metaurus. His son was also named Lucius Porcius Licinus.

Career

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In 193 BC, he was elected praetor. The province he administered was Corsica and Sardinia.[1] After having been in vain a candidate for consul several times, he was elected consul in 184 BC together with Publius Claudius Pulcher as his colleague.[2] Both consuls waged war against the Ligurians, accomplishing not much of note. During the war, Licinus vowed to Venus that he would build her a temple, which his son (or brother) dedicated in Rome in 181 BC, the Temple of Venus Erycina at the Porta Collina.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hans George Gundel, Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 22, p. 215
  2. ^ Fasti Capitolini
  3. ^ Titus Livius, XXXIV, 54,2; 55,6