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Lucius Licinius Murena was a Roman politician and soldier. He was an officer ( legate) in the Third Mithridatic War, a governor ( propraetor) of Gallia Transalpina from 64 to 63 BC and a consul in 62 BC. He stood trial because of charges of electoral bribery.
Ancient. Modern. Lucius Licinius Varro Murena (died 22 BC) was a Roman politician who was accused of conspiring against the emperor Augustus, and executed without a trial. Biography. Hailing from Lanuvium, [1] Murena was the natural born son of Lucius Licinius Murena, who was Consul in 62 BC. [2] .
Contents. Lucius Licinius Murena. Roman general. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with Sulpicius Rufus. In Servius Sulpicius Rufus. …consulship, but was defeated by Lucius Licinius Murena, whom he subsequently accused of bribery. Murena was successfully defended in the suit by Cicero. Sulpicius became consul in 51.
If the conspirator was a Licinius or Lucius Terentius Varro Murena, the conspiracy could be in 22 BC. Whatever his exact name, the conspirator was closely connected to the imperial inner circle. His siblings included Terentia, lover of Augustus, wife of Maecenas , and Proculeius, a leading member of the inner circle.
Lucius Licinius Murena was a Roman soldier and politician. He was notable for playing an important role in the Roman victory against the forces of Mithridates VI of Pontus at the Battle of Chaeronea in 86 BC during the First Mithridatic War and for starting another war, the Second Mithridatic War (83–81 BC), against Mithridates in Asia Minor ...
Lucius Licinius Murena was a Roman politician and soldier. He was an officer (legate) in the Third Mithridatic War, a governor (propraetor) of Gallia Transalpina from 64 to 63 BC and a consul in 62 BC. He stood trial because of charges of electoral bribery. Cicero, who defended him, immortalized him.
Lucius Licinius Murena, descended from several generations of praetors, served under his father in the 80s bce. He was *quaestor ( c. 75), legate (see legati) of L. *Licinius Lucullus (2), urban *praetor (65), and then governed Transalpine Gaul (see gaul (transalpine) ). Elected *consul for 62, he was accused of * ambitus by Ser. *Sulpicius ...
