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Roman republican politician, praetor (67 BC), and historian

**Lucius Lucceius** (born c. 105 BC;[1] fl. 60s BC; possibly died in 42 BC) was a Roman politician. He was a friend of [Cicero](/source/Cicero) and [Titus Pomponius Atticus](/source/Titus_Pomponius_Atticus), with which he exchanged letters. He served as praetor in 67 BC and stood unsuccessfully for the consulship of 59 alongside [Julius Caesar](/source/Julius_Caesar). Withdrawing from politics after his electoral defeat, he became a man of letters and a budding historian. Pardoned for his support of Pompey during the [civil war](/source/Caesar's_civil_war), little is known of him after 45 BC.

A member of the [Senate](/source/Roman_Senate), Lucceius served as urban or [peregrine praetor](/source/Praetor_peregrinus) in 67 BC.[2] During his praetorship, when he failed to stand on the approach of the consul [Manius Glabrio](/source/Manius_Acilius_Glabrio_(consul_67_BC)), Glabrio had Lucceius' [curule chair](/source/Curule_chair) smashed. He and the other praetors evidently were outraged and presided over their courts while standing in protest.[3] He refused to take a province after his term, apparently citing disgust with provincial corruption, even though he was assigned [Sardinia](/source/Roman_Sardinia).[4] In 64 BC, Lucceius attempted to prosecute [Lucius Sergius Catalina](/source/Lucius_Sergius_Catalina) for the murder of [Sullan proscription](/source/Sullan_proscription) victims but Catiline was acquitted,[5] and supported Cicero against Catiline during the [Catilinarian conspiracy](/source/Catilinarian_conspiracy) the next year.[6]

After some hesitation about seeking the consulship – he withdrew from the canvasses for 61 and 60 due to competition from Pompey's candidates – he stood in summer 60 BC for the [consulship](/source/Roman_consul) of 59 in a joint ticket with [Julius Caesar](/source/Julius_Caesar). A rich man, he provided much of the money and bribes in their canvass. However, with his bribes matched by supporters of [Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus](/source/Marcus_Calpurnius_Bibulus), Lucceius was unable to secure the consulship with Caesar: instead Caesar and Bibulus were returned as victors from the *[comitia](/source/Elections_in_the_Roman_Republic)*. After the failed campaign, he evidently gave up hopes for a consulship.[7][8] He remained active at Rome, however, and is attested in letters and as a witness as the trial of [Marcus Caelius Rufus](/source/Marcus_Caelius_Rufus) in the 50s. By 56 BC he had evidently turned his pursuits to history, having written a history of the [Social war](/source/Social_War_(91%E2%80%9387_BC)) and [Sulla's civil war](/source/Sulla's_civil_war) that followed it. Cicero, by letter around this time, asked Lucceius to compose a monograph on the Catilinarian conspiracy, with hopes that it would glorify Cicero's consulship; such a monograph does not appear, however, to have been completed.[9]

By the start of [Caesar's civil war](/source/Caesar's_civil_war) in 49 BC, Lucceius was a friend and confidante of [Pompey](/source/Pompey), participating in discussion of Caesar's peace proposals and negotiations at [Dyrrhachium](/source/Battle_of_Dyrrhachium_(48_BC)). After Caesar's victory at [Pharsalus](/source/Battle_of_Pharsalus), Lucceius sought and received Caesar's pardon and afterwards went home to Italy.[10] He exchanged letters of condolence with Cicero after Cicero's daughter [Tullia](/source/Tullia_(daughter_of_Cicero))'s death in 45.[11] Nothing certain is known after this.[7] Appian, if certain [emendations](/source/Emendation_(textual)) are made to identify a "Lucius" in *Bella Civilia* with this Lucius Lucceius, may count him among the victims of the [triumviral proscriptions](/source/Triumviral_proscriptions) in 43–42 BC.[12]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927col._1555,_stating_he_was_about_the_same_age_as_Cicero_1-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1555, stating he was about the same age as Cicero.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Broughton 1952](#CITEREFBroughton1952), p. 582, has *praetor peregrinus*. [Badian 2012](#CITEREFBadian2012) however reports him as urban praetor.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1555; [Badian 2012](#CITEREFBadian2012). Both cite Dio, 36.41.1.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927col._1555_4-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1555.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlexander1990108–9_(=_Trial_217)_5-0)** [Alexander 1990](#CITEREFAlexander1990), pp. 108–9 (= Trial 217).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927cols._1555–56_6-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), cols. 1555–56.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBadian2012_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBadian2012_7-1) [Badian 2012](#CITEREFBadian2012).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927col._1556,_citing:_Suet._''Iul.''_19.1;_Cic._''Att.''_2.1.9_8-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1556, citing: Suet. *Iul.* 19.1; Cic. *Att.* 2.1.9.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927cols._1556–57_9-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), cols. 1556–57.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927col._1558Badian2012_10-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1558; [Badian 2012](#CITEREFBadian2012).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMünzer1927col._1558,_citing_Cic._''Fam.''_5.13–15_11-0)** [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1558, citing Cic. *Fam.* 5.13–15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinard1985283_(=_Victim_82),_489Münzer1927col._1558,_expressing_more_uncertainty_12-0)** [Hinard 1985](#CITEREFHinard1985), pp. 283 (= Victim 82), 489; [Münzer 1927](#CITEREFMünzer1927), col. 1558, expressing more uncertainty.

## Bibliography

- Alexander, Michael Charles (1990). *Trials in the late Roman republic, 149 BC to 50 BC*. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8020-5787-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8020-5787-X). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [41156621](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/41156621).

- Badian, Ernst (2012). "Lucceius, Lucius". In Hornblower, Simon; et al. (eds.). [*The Oxford classical dictionary*](https://books.google.com/books?id=bVWcAQAAQBAJ) (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.3777](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199381135.013.3777). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-954556-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-954556-8). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [959667246](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/959667246).

- [Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon](/source/Thomas_Robert_Shannon_Broughton) (1952). *The magistrates of the Roman republic*. Vol. 2. New York: American Philological Association.

- Hinard, François (1985). *Les proscriptions de la Rome républicaine* (in French). Ecole française de Rome. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-7283-0094-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-7283-0094-5).

- Münzer, F (1927). ["Lucceius 6"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/de:RE:Lucceius_6). *Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft* (in German). Vol. XIII, 2. Stuttgart: Butcher. cols. 1554–1559 – via [Wikisource](/source/Wikisource).

## External links

- [L. Lucceius (6) Q. f.](https://romanrepublic.ac.uk/person/2225) in the [Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic](https://romanrepublic.ac.uk).

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