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Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (praetor 56 BC)

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108: 65:. Receiving as his province Sardinia, he was charged with extortion on his return to Rome but was successfully defended by many eminent senators. His bid for the consulship of 53 BC was unsuccessful; in 52 BC he was convicted of bribery during those elections and went into exile. His fall was perhaps due to his marriage with Mucia, a former wife of Pompey, with whom he fell out of favour as a result. 328:, possibly in a continuation of the first prosecution. Cicero again attempted to defend him and a mob assembled to protest the prosecution, but Pompey sent men to disperse the mob and Scaurus was convicted. Pompey's hostility may have been for Scaurus' marriage to Pompey's former wife Mucia. Scaurus was then expelled from the senate and thence went into exile. Nothing is known of his further fate. 157:. After Aretas intervened to favour Hyrcanus in Judaea, Scaurus headed embassy where he sided with Aristobulus and ordered Aretas to withdraw. This preceded direct intervention by Pompey, who marched south in the autumn of 64 BC when Aristobulus had started to win the conflict. Pompey eventually made Hyrcanus high priest and 176:
with two legions. Scaurus moved to campaign against Aretas, but in 62 BC ended his campaign after accepting Aretas' nominal submission and payment of three hundred talents to Scaurus. At the close of 61 BC, Scaurus was succeeded in Syria by
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to Scaurus. The massive production of these coins was nevertheless not linked to the extravagant games – funded by his wealth acquired in Syria – he gave that year as aedile. During the year, he restored an ornament placed by his father on the
318:), Scaurus included, were defeated in the canvass for the consulship of 53 BC. After the elections, he – severally with the other candidates – was hauled before the courts for 324:(electoral bribery) some time before 11 October 54 BC, but proceedings were incomplete. Two years later, some time in 52 BC, Scaurus was again prosecuted 287:, but was immediately accused of extortion in his province on his return on 6 July 54 BC. Scaurus was defended by a glittering array of senior statesmen – 1197: 299:
gave speeches in his defence; nine former consuls, including Pompey, and a sitting quaestor testified to his character – in a trial before
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was briefly married to his sister Aemilia and, even after her death, Pompey continued to take personal interest in the young man.
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minted by Scaurus and Hypsaeus in 58 BC. The scene on the obverse depicts the surrender of
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Roman intervention in Syria started when Pompey moved to deal with aggression from
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Scaurus returned to Rome and – eligible due to his patrician status – was elected
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in 63 BC, he left Syria organised as a province from lands carved out of the
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that had been damaged by fire in 83 BC; he also erected the
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to have been the first Roman collector, or major collector, of
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Crook, John; Lintott, Andrew; Rawson, Elizabeth, eds. (1992).
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Scarus' engagements in Syria and Judaea may be mentioned in
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After returning from Sardinia, he received the support of
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in Judaea and had Aristobulus sent to Rome in chains.
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Scaurus had one child of the same name with his wife
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Index

Roman
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Caecilia Metella
Pompey
Third Mithridatic War
curule aedile
praetor
patrician
Aemilia
homonymous father
Caecilia Metella
princeps senatus
Pompey the Great

Denarius
Aretas III
Nabataea
Third Mithridatic War
Syria
Nabataean
Aretas III
Judaea
Hyrcanus
Aristobulus
ethnarch
Pharnaces
Seleucid Empire
Lucius Marcius Philippus
Dead Sea Scroll
Pliny the Elder

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