Marcus Junius Brutus (consul)

Marcus Junius Brutus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Career[edit]

In 195 BC, Brutus, serving in the capacity of tribune of the plebs, together with Marcus Porcius Cato, unsuccessfully attempted to stop the repeal of the Lex Oppia.^[1] In 193 BC, he served as aedile. In 191 BC, he dedicated the Temple of Cybele. In 178 BC, Brutus was elected consul together with Aulus Manlius Vulso.^[2] Brutus fought against the Ligurians, then helped his colleague, who was fighting in Histria. Both consuls continued to fight against Histria in the following year.^[3] In 169 BC, Brutus unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for censor. In 164 BC, he was sent as an ambassador to King Ariathes V to settle his war with the Galatians.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Friedrich Münzer, Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. X, p. 970
^ Fasti Capitolini
^ Titus Livius, XXXVI, 36,3
^ Polybius, The Histories XXXI, 13,1–3

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[:0-1] Friedrich Münzer, Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. X, p. 970

[:1-2] Fasti Capitolini

[:2-3] Titus Livius, XXXVI, 36,3

[:3-4] Polybius, The Histories XXXI, 13,1–3

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