The Roman magistrate Gaius Verres (d.43 BC) robbed the temples and palaces of Sicily where he was
propraetor (in effect, viceroy) in 73 -71 BC, of any portable work of art, and some immobile ones, such as bronze doors.
As the
Propraetor Lucius Galba puts it, Ionides and his like must strictly confine themselves "to [their] religious duties" (146).
accuses Memmius, the
propraetor in Bithynia during his time there, of
Birth and early career unknown; rose to prominence as an officer under Sulla; was appointed
propraetor of Sicily (81); designated by Sulla for the consulship of 78, he set about dismantling Sulla's aristocratic constitution, perhaps even before Sulla's death, although he encountered opposition from his fellow consul Quintus Lutatius Catulus; moved to recall the exiles, reinstitute tribunal power, renew cheap grain, and redistribute land; determined to seek a second consulship to continue his program, he raised troops in northern Italy en route to his proconsular province of Transalpine Gaul (roughly the southeast third of France) (77); declared a public enemy (March?
At thirty, Catullus found himself bankrupt, emotionally as well as financially, and in 57 bc, after his final break with Clodia, he traveled to Asia with his friend Gaius Memmius, who was taking the post of
propraetor of Bithynia.
Antonius (94); as praetor and
propraetor, he successfully defended Sicily late in the Social War (War of the Socii or Allies) and captured Rhegium (88); elected consul (83), he raised an army to oppose Sulla's return at the head of his army, but was defeated by Sulla at Mount Tifata (83); as proconsul he gathered more troops and attacked Sulla's subordinate Metellus at Faventia, but his force was routed (82); fled to Rhodes; while the Rhodians debated handing him over to Sulla (82?), he committed suicide.