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Cosconius
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Plebeian family, attested since the 3rd cent. BC (ThlL, Onom. 2,663f.).

I. Republican period

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[I 1] C., C. Commander in the Social War in Apulia 89 BC

Fought successfully in 89 BC in the Social War in Apulia (as praetor or legate?, Liv. Per. 75), proconsul in Illyria from 78-76 (Cic. Clu. 97 etc.); perhaps identical with the C. mentioned in Valerius Maximus(8,1 para. 8).

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[I 2] C., C. Praetor 63 BC, record-keeper during the case against the Catilinarians

As praetor he …

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Elvers, Karl-Ludwig (Bochum) and Eck, Werner (Cologne), “Cosconius”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e307470>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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