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date: 17 March 2025

Memmius (1), Gaiuslocked

, tribune, d. 99 BCE

Memmius (1), Gaiuslocked

, tribune, d. 99 BCE
  • Ernst Badian

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Memmius (1), Gaius tribune 111 bce, attacked the nobles for corruption in dealing with *Jugurtha. He summoned Jugurtha to Rome, but a colleague prevented his interrogation. He was a vigorous prosecutor before the tribunals of C. *Mamilius Limetanus. Praetor after 107, he was prosecuted for extortion (probably) in Macedonia, but acquitted despite M.

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  • Roman History and Historiography

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