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Gaius Memmius (proquaestor)

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115:, he was killed during the early stages of the battle when Sertorius launched an attack at Pompey's command; Pompey survived the attack but Memmius died defending his brother-in-law. Plutarch called him "the most capable of Pompey's lieutenants". 99:. He probably went with Metellus' army when Metellus marched to Iberia in 79 BC. When Pompey was sent to support Metellus against Sertorius in 76 BC, Memmius was transferred to Pompey's army and served his brother-in-law as a 111:, secure it as a base, and from there move up the coast. Memmius and his force were immediately blockaded in the city, probably by Sertorius's pirate allies, and was unable to play his part in the campaign. In 75 BC, at the 17: 60:, making him Pompey's brother-in-law. They likely had a son by the same name whom became a moneyer. He is recorded to have served Pompey during his 303: 298: 77: 313: 104: 186: 88: 293: 112: 53: 69: 288: 52:
His father was probably Gaius Memmius Mordax, the tribune of 111 BC. He was married to
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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1st century Roman, brother-in-law of Pompey the Great
103:. Pompey sent Memmius, accompanied by the Spaniard 91:who was given the command against the Roman rebel 280: 155:, vol. II, pp. 1026, 1027 ("Memmius"); Cicero, 181:. University of Michigan: Seaby. p. 78. 44:and a soldier of the late Roman republic. 80:, he put Memmius in command on Sicily. 18:Gaius Memmius (brother-in-law to Pompey) 226: 224: 139: 14: 281: 176: 87:, Memmius first served the proconsul 266:Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain 221: 304:Military personnel killed in action 24: 25: 325: 126:Parallel Lives, Life of Sertorius 299:Ancient Romans killed in action 107:, with a fleet to try and take 89:Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius 64:command in 81 BC at the end of 258: 237: 208: 195: 170: 146: 133:Parallel Lives, Life of Pompey 13: 1: 251:, I. xiii. p.110; Plutarch, 47: 7: 314:People of Sulla's civil war 78:Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus 10: 330: 118: 177:Harlan, Michael (1995). 58:Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 56:, the older sister of 294:1st-century BC Romans 167:, 21; Orosius, v. 23. 268:, p. 126; Plutarch, 140:Notes and references 113:Battle of Saguntum 270:Life of Sertorius 264:Philip Matyszak, 247:, p. 50; Appian, 165:Life of Sertorius 97:Iberian Peninsula 93:Quintus Sertorius 66:Sulla's civil war 16:(Redirected from 321: 273: 262: 256: 245:Pompey the Great 241: 235: 232:Pompey the Great 228: 219: 216:Pompey the Great 212: 206: 203:Pompey the Great 199: 193: 192: 174: 168: 150: 21: 329: 328: 324: 323: 322: 320: 319: 318: 279: 278: 277: 276: 263: 259: 242: 238: 229: 222: 213: 209: 200: 196: 189: 175: 171: 159:, 5; Plutarch, 151: 147: 142: 121: 50: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 327: 317: 316: 311: 306: 301: 296: 291: 275: 274: 257: 253:Life of Pompey 236: 220: 207: 194: 187: 169: 161:Life of Pompey 144: 143: 141: 138: 137: 136: 129: 120: 117: 76:faction under 49: 46: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 326: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 286: 284: 271: 267: 261: 254: 250: 246: 240: 233: 227: 225: 217: 211: 204: 198: 190: 188:9780713476729 184: 180: 173: 166: 162: 158: 154: 149: 145: 134: 130: 127: 123: 122: 116: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 94: 90: 86: 85:Sertorian War 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 45: 43: 40: 36: 32: 31:Gaius Memmius 19: 289:75 BC deaths 269: 265: 260: 252: 248: 244: 243:John Leach, 239: 231: 230:John Leach, 215: 214:John Leach, 210: 205:, pp. 28-29. 202: 201:John Leach, 197: 178: 172: 164: 160: 156: 152: 148: 132: 128:, 11 and 19. 125: 109:New Carthage 82: 51: 30: 29: 83:During the 283:Categories 249:Civil Wars 131:Plutarch, 124:Plutarch, 157:Pro Balbo 48:Biography 234:, p. 45. 218:, p. 30. 101:quaestor 62:Sicilian 42:plebeian 37:) was a 119:Sources 95:on the 54:Pompeia 309:Pompey 185:  163:, 11, 105:Balbus 74:Marian 33:(died 272:, 21. 255:, 19. 135:, 21. 70:Cinna 39:Roman 35:75 BC 183:ISBN 285:: 223:^ 191:. 72:- 20:)

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Gaius Memmius (brother-in-law to Pompey)
75 BC
Roman
plebeian
Pompeia
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Sicilian
Sulla's civil war
Cinna
Marian
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Sertorian War
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Quintus Sertorius
Iberian Peninsula
quaestor
Balbus
New Carthage
Battle of Saguntum
ISBN
9780713476729


Categories
75 BC deaths
1st-century BC Romans
Ancient Romans killed in action
Military personnel killed in action
Pompey
People of Sulla's civil war

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