CAESAR'S OFFER, CICERO'S REBUFF, AND THE TWO LAND COMMISSIONS OF 59 B.C
It is commonly held that the Board of Five (Vviri) created by Caesar's first lex agraria in 59 B. C. was a subcommission of the Board of Twenty (XXviri), and that a post on the former – which was invested with judicial powers – was offered to Cicero in c. July ofthat year. This is founded upon...
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| Published in | Historia : Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 419 - 427 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Franz Steiner Verlag
01.01.2015
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| Summary: | It is commonly held that the Board of Five (Vviri) created by Caesar's first lex agraria in 59 B. C. was a subcommission of the Board of Twenty (XXviri), and that a post on the former – which was invested with judicial powers – was offered to Cicero in c. July ofthat year. This is founded upon Cicero's puzzling reference to the post as both quinquevir and vigintivir. This paper argues two connected points: a) pace Mommsen, the two land commissions were in fact separate entities; and b) Cicero received two offers (first quinquevir, then vigintivir) some six months apart in markedly different political and personal circumstances. |
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| ISSN: | 0018-2311 2365-3108 |