Denarius issued by Calenus and Marcus Cordi in 70 BC.

Quintus Fufius Calenus (died 40 BC) was a Roman general, and consul in 47 BC.

He was plebeian tribune in 61 BC and secured the amendment of a senatorial bill constituting a tribunal to try Publius Clodius Pulcher for profaning the rites of the Bona Dea: the initial bill had a jury appointed by the urban praetor whereas in Calenus' version, approved by the senate and passed by the people, the jury would be selected in regular order by lot.[1][2] In 59 BC, Calenus was praetor. According to Cassius Dio, he passed legislation to ensure that the three jury panels of the quaestiones perpetuae (senators, equestrians, and tribuni aerarii) report their votes separately.[3]

He fought in Gaul (51 BC) and Spain (49 BC) under Julius Caesar, who, after he had crossed over to Greece (48 BC), sent Calenus from Epirus to bring over the rest of the troops from Italy. On the passage to Italy, most of the ships were captured by Bibulus and Calenus himself escaped with difficulty. In 47 BC, he was elected consul through the influence of Caesar some time in September.[4] After the death of the dictator, he joined Mark Antony, for whom he commanded eleven legions in the north of Italy. Calenus died in 40 BC, while stationed with his army at the foot of the Alps, just as he was on the point of marching against Octavian; but Calenus' son handed over the legions to the future emperor.

References

  1. ↑ Tatum, William Jeffrey (1999). The patrician tribune: Publius Clodius Pulcher. The University of North Carolina Press. pp. 75–80. ISBN 978-0-8078-7206-2.
  2. ↑ Broughton 1952, p. 180.
  3. ↑ Broughton 1952, pp. 188–89, citing Dio 38.8.1 but noting that juror votes were already reported separately during the trial of Catiline in 65 BC.
  4. ↑ Broughton 1952, p. 286.

Bibliography

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Calenus, Quintus Fufius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1004.

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