Guy Norban Flaccus (consul 38 BC)

According to the Capitol fasts , the father of Guy Norban bore the same name ^[1] . Nothing more is known about Guy's ancestors. But the researchers are sure that his father was the monetary Guy Norban , and his grandfather was the consul 83 years BC. e. of the same name ^[2] . Guy-grandfather was a “new citizen” ^[3] , who, according to some sources, came from the city of Norba in the lands of the Volsk ^[4] , and according to others - from Etruria ^[3] .

Grandfather Norbana was one of the leaders of the Marian party. He died in the Civil War , and his name was included in the proxy list , which automatically deprived his descendants of full civil rights. Only in 49 BC e., when Gaius Julius Caesar canceled all restrictions that existed for proscripts, Gaius Norban-grandson was able to start a political career ^[2] .

The first mention of Norban in the surviving sources dates back to his prelude - to 44 or 43 BC. e. ^[5] when he, together with Lucius Sestius, minted a series of gold coins on behalf of the Senate. In the internal strife that began after Caesar’s murder, Norban joined the triumvirs . In the middle of 42 BC e. Mark Antony and Octavian sent him and Lucius Decidius Sax with eight legions against Mark Junius Brutus and Caius Cassius Longin as the vanguard of a large army ^[6] . Norban and Saxa landed in the Balkans, passed along the Egnacian road through Macedonia and Mountain Thrace and blocked the path of the enemy, walking from the Hellespont , in the strategically important Sapeisky gorge ^[7] . Thanks to the help of one of the Thracian kings, Brutus was able to circumvent the positions of Norban and Saxa along a path that was previously considered impassable; they had to retreat to Amphipolis . There they set up a fortified camp and waited for the approach of Mark Anthony with the main forces ^{[8] [9]} . After the defeat of the Republicans at the Battle of Philippi, Norban led the army of Octavian during the latter’s illness ^{[10] [11]} .

For his services to the triumvirs, Norban received a consulate for 38 BC. e., sharing it with patrician Appius Claudius Pulchrome ; already in the middle of the year, this pair of magistrates was replaced by consuls-suffocations Lucius Cornelius Lentul and Lucius Marcius Philippe ^[12] . In 36 BC e. Norban became viceroy of Spain with pro-consular power ^[13] (apparently, as the successor of Gnei Domitius Calvin ) and was in his province until 34 BC. e. For successful wars ^[14] , about which nothing is known, he was honored upon returning to Rome a triumph (October 12, 34 BC) ^[15] .

Later, in the interval between the battle of Aktion and the adoption of the name Augustus by Octavian (31–27 BC), Norban was governor of Asia with the powers of a proconsul . It is known that in this position he reaffirmed the right of Jews living in the province to send temple money to Jerusalem ; the inhabitants of Pergamum honored him with a statue. In 25 BC e. Norban left his signature on one of the Senate decrees and after that no longer appears in the sources ^[16] .

Guy Norban had a son of the same name , consul 24 years BC. e. ^[sixteen]

Sources

1. Appian of Alexandria. Roman history. - M .: Ladomir, 2002 .-- 880 p. - ISBN 5-86218-174-1 .
2. Capitoline fasts (neopr.) . Site "History of Ancient Rome". Date of treatment June 26, 2018.
3. Dion Cassius . Roman history (neopr.) . Date of treatment June 27, 2018.
4. Plutarch. Comparative biographies. - SPb. : Nauka, 1994 .-- T. 2 .-- 672 p. - ISBN 5-306-00240-4 .

Literature

1. Bedian E. Tsepion and Norban (notes on the decade of 100-90 BC) // Studia Historica. - 2010. - No. X. - S. 162-207 .
2. Broughton R. Magistrates of the Roman Republic. - New York, 1952. - Vol. II. - P. 558.
3. Groag. Norbanus 5 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1936. - Bd. XVII, 1. - Kol. 927-930.
4. Groag. Norbanus 9a // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1936. - Bd. XVII, 1. - Kol. 1270-1272.