Quintus Mucius Scævola (consul in -117)

See also: Quintus Mucius Scævola

Quintus Mucius Scævola (v. 159 av. J. - C. - 88 av. J. - C.) is a politician of the ancient Rome. He is the son of Quintus Mucius Scævola, friend and son-in-law of Laelius Sapiens and father-in-law of the speaker Lucius Licinius Crassus.

Experienced and impassioned lawyer, it is interested in civil justice.

It Marie with Laelia, girl of Gaius Laelius, a friend of Scipio Aemilianus Africanus), of which he has a son and two girls. One among them, Mucia, marries the speaker Lucius Licinius Crassus. In -128, it is Tribun. In -125, it is aedile. In -120, it is Préteur and manages Asia; he declares himself against the reforms of the Gracques.

At the time of its return to Rome the following year, he is shown of extortion by Titus Albucius, probably for personal reasons, but defends himself successfully.

In -117, it is elected with the consulate. At this point in time work of expansion of the Roman Voie starts, more particularly of the Via Domitia, connecting the Italy to the Spain.

In its old age, Scævola vigorously maintains its interest for the law and the businesses of Rome. He also teaches his knowledge of the laws to some of the most celebrated speakers of Rome, of which its pupils Cicéron and of Atticus. In -88, it defends Marius against Sylla which tried to make it indicate enemy of the people, by declaring that one could not thus name a man who had saved Rome.

Random links: