Lucius Racilius ( Latin: Lucius Racilius ; executed in August 48 BC [1] ., Far Spain ) - Roman politician from the plebeian clan Raciliev, folk tribune 56 BC e. Friend of Mark Tullius Cicero .
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| Birth | about 92 BC e. (presumably) | ||||||
| Death | beg. August 48 BC e., Far Spain | ||||||
| Kind | Racilia | ||||||
| Father | Lucius Racilius (presumably) | ||||||
Biography
Belonged to a little-known plebeian family, possibly of Sicilian origin. His name first appears with Mark Tullius Cicero in connection with the governorship of Guy Verres : he, among other creditors of the “Sicilian robber,” also names Racilia, adding that when the latter sued Verres, demanding a refund, he ordered to conclude on the basis of his own edict Lucius to the prison [2] . However, based on the dating of the tribune of Racilius, it can be assumed that the creditor of Verres was not Lucius, but his father, who bore the same name. In 57 BC e. Racilius, along with other adherents of the republican system in the Senate , made serious efforts to achieve the return of Cicero from exile. In 56, he, becoming a people's tribune , supported Cicero in his confrontation with the political demagogue Publius Claudius Pulchre and, presumably, interceded the request of the Syrian Consul Avl Gabini for thanksgiving prayers in his honor on the occasion of successful actions in Judea - against Aristobulus and his son Alexander [ 3] [4] . In the same year (probably back in March), Racilius acted as an intermediary in the deal between Milon and Portia regarding the acquisition of the first gladiators - bestiaries belonging to Cato and which he could not contain due to the difficult financial situation [5] .
He participated with an ex-colleague in the tribune, Gnei Planzii , in the elections of the plebeian aediles for 54 years, but, unlike him, lost [6] [7] . Racillius, apparently, met the beginning of the civil war in Spain , supporting Pompeyans . After unsuccessful attempts of the latter to stop the advance of Caesar's army deep into the province and the subsequent surrender of Afranius and Petreus, Lucius remained in Spain. There, he became a member of a conspiracy organized to kill the prophet Quintus Cassius Longin , a protege of the dictator , who was openly hated in the province for introducing new taxes for generous distribution of money to his army [8] . After a failed assassination attempt (the conspirators inflicted several wounds on Longinus with daggers), the rebels were seized and immediately executed; among them was Racilius [9] [10] .
Notes
- ↑ Pseudo-Caesar . Notes on the Alexandrian War, 56
- ↑ Mark Tullius Cicero. Against Verres, II, 31
- ↑ Cicero. To brother, II 1 (2-3); II 6 (8)
- ↑ Cicero. To relatives, I, 7 (2)
- ↑ Cicero . To brother, CV [II, 4a], 3
- ↑ Cicero. In defense of Plantation, 77
- ↑ Bobbio Scholiast. Cicero's Speech in Defense of Gnei Plantius, S. 268 (Orelli Publishing House)
- ↑ Pseudo-Caesar. Notes on the Alexandrian War, 48-50
- ↑ Broughton TRS The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. - Vol. II. - N. Y .: American Philological Association, 1952. - P. 276.
- ↑ Notes on the Alexandrian War, LII, LV
Literature
- William Smith , Ed. L. Raci'lius . A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology . William Smith, Ed. ;
- Racilius // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885 .;
- F. Münzer . Racilius 1 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). - 1914. - Band IA, 1. - Sp. thirty.