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Gaius Scribonius Curio was the name of a father and son who lived in the late
Roman Republic.==Father==
Gaius Scribonius Curio (d.
53 BC) was a Roman statesman and orator. He was nicknamed
Burbulieus (after an actor) for the way he moved his body while speaking. Curio was noted as a public orator and for the purity of his Latin language. Curio held the same name as his father, also a distinguished orator.
Curio was
tribune of the plebs in
90 BC. He served later under
Lucius Cornelius Sulla in
Greece as a legate in
Asia during the campaign to restore the abandoned kingdoms of
Mithridates. He laid siege to the tyrant Artistion, who had taken position on the
Acropolis, during the attack on
Athens. Several years later, he was elected
consul in
76 BC with Gnaeus Octavius. After his consulship in 76 BC, he went to
Macedonia as governor. He successfully fought the
Dardani and the
Moesians, for which he won a military
triumph. He was the first Roman general to penetrate to the
Danube.
A friend of
Cicero, he supported him during the
Catiline Conspiracy. Curio spoke in favor of
Publius Clodius Pulcher when he was on trial for violating the rites of
Bona Dea. Cicero spoke out against Clodius and Curio, though this didn't interfere with their friendship. He became an opponent to
Julius Caesar and wrote a political dialogue against him. Curio died in 53 BC.
Son
Gaius or
Quintus Scribonius Curio (
90 BC-
49 BC), was the son of Gaius Scribonius Curio. He was a friend to
Pompey, Julius Caesar,
Mark Antony and
Cicero. He was known as a distinguished orator. Curio's character was very conspicuous and profligate. Despite his faults, Cicero assisted him in every way and evidently wrote several letters to him.
Curio built Rome’s first amphitheatre, with seating built on a pivot that could move the entire audience, in his father’s memory and celebrated games there. About 52 BC, he married
Fulvia, a granddaughter of
Gaius Gracchus. He had a stepdaughter,
Clodia Pulchra, but no natural children.
During his term as tribune in 50 BC, he became a supporter of Caesar. In return for his support, Caesar paid off his debt. According to
Tacitus, Caesar bribed him for his oratory.
Before the Civil War, Curio was one of the last politicians to call on Pompey and Caesar to make peace.
Curio was
praetor in 49 BC. While fighting under Caesar, he was sent to Africa to stop King
Juba I of Numidia (a supporter of Pompey). Although he won the
Battle of Utica (49 BC), he was eventually defeated by Juba, along with aid from
Attius Varus, at the
Second Battle of the Bagradas River and fought to his death, along with his army, rather than attempting to flee to his camp.
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