Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 126 BC)

Lucius Aurelius Orestes was a Roman politician who served as consul of the Roman republic in 126 BC. After his consulship, he was assigned as proconsul in Sardinia, with Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and Gaius Gracchus as his subordinates.[1]

This article is about the consul in 126 BC. For consul in 157 BC, see Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 157 BC). For other persons, see Orestes (disambiguation).

His command in Sardinia was prorogued in 124 BC, which his quaestor and lieutenant Gaius Gracchus responded to by deserting for home to stand for plebeian tribune.[2] After winning victory over the natives, he triumphed in 122 BC.[3]

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References
  1. Bates, Richard L. (1986). ""Rex in Senatu": A Political Biography of M. Aemilius Scaurus". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 130 (3): 252. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 986827.
  2. Badian 1983, pp. 160, 161. "[Gracchus'] desertion (to give it its proper designation) was bound to have a serious effect on the whole war".
  3. Badian 1983, pp. 160–1.
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