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'''Titus Didius''' was a general and politician of the [[Roman Republic]]. He is credited with the restoration of the [[Villa Publica]],<ref name="Makin">Makin, Ena. "The Triumphal Route, with Particular Reference to the Flavian Triumph." The Journal of Roman Studies 11(1921) 27. {{jstor|295885}}</ref> and is notorious for his [[proconsul]]ship in [[Hispania Citerior]] (the south-east of modern-day Spain). |
'''Titus Didius''' was a general and politician of the [[Roman Republic]]. He is credited with the restoration of the [[Villa Publica]],<ref name="Makin">Makin, Ena. "The Triumphal Route, with Particular Reference to the Flavian Triumph." The Journal of Roman Studies 11(1921) 27. {{jstor|295885}}</ref> and is notorious for his [[proconsul]]ship in [[Hispania Citerior]] (the south-east of modern-day Spain). |
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Titus Didius first held office in 103 BC as a [[ |
Titus Didius first held office in 103 BC as a [[tribune of the Plebs]].<ref name="Broughton">Broughton, Robert. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic.</ref> He is noted for attempting to veto fellow tribune [[Gaius Norbanus|Gaius Norbanus’s]] prosecution of [[Quintus Servilius Caepio|Q. Servilius Caepio]] in the aftermath of the [[Battle of Arausio]],<ref name="Broughton"/> which resulted in him being driven off from the proceedings by force. Two years later in 101 BC, he was elected a [[Praetor]]. During this time he fought in [[Macedon]], defeating the [[Scordisci]]<ref name="Broughton"/> and earning his first [[Roman triumph|triumph]] upon his return in 100 BC.<ref>Cicero, "In Pisonem." http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0020&layout=&loc=Pis.+60</ref> In 98 BC Didius was elected Consul alongside [[Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos|Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos]]. Along with restoring the [[Villa Publica]],<ref name="Makin"/> he enacted a law which disallowed combining two unrelated proposals in one bill.<ref>Cicero, "de Domo Sua." <http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0020&layout=&loc=dom.+53></ref> |
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After his term as [[consul]], Didius was assigned to govern the province of [[Hispania Citerior]], where he served from 97 BC to 93 BC.<ref name="Broughton"/> Nearly his entire [[proconsul]]ar term in Spain was spent at war with the [[Celtiberi]].<ref name="Broughton"/> In the four years Didius governed Spain he achieved multiple victories and is said to have slain 20,000 [[Arevaci]], quelled the rebellious city of [[Montejo de Tiermes|Termes]] (today Tiermes in the [[Soria (province)|province of Soria]]), and besieged Colenda for nine months, after which time the city fell and the women and children were sold into slavery.<ref name="Appian">Appian, History of Rome. http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/appian/appian_spain_20.html#%A7100</ref> Didius earned another [[Roman triumph|triumph]] after slaughtering a colony of "robbers"<ref>William Smith, "T. Didius." Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1870. {{cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1011.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605233919/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1011.html |archivedate=2011-06-05 }}</ref> -- in actuality, poor people who had banded together to subsist through banditry after losing their property. Didius lured them in with promises of land to live on, and when the families assembled within the Roman ''[[castra]]'' in good faith, he had them all killed.<ref name="Appian"/> The historian [[Appian]] indicates that Didius's exceptional cruelty and treachery caused an even greater uprising which his experienced successor, [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus (consul 93 BCE)|C. Valerius Flaccus]], had to put down.<ref>Leonard A. Curchin, ''Roman Spain: Conquest and Assimilation'' (Routledge, 1991), p. 41 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0sg9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%22T.+Didius,+one+of+the+consuls+for+98%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22T.%20Didius%2C%20one%20of%20the%20consuls%20for%2098%22&f=false online.]</ref> |
After his term as [[consul]], Didius was assigned to govern the province of [[Hispania Citerior]], where he served from 97 BC to 93 BC.<ref name="Broughton"/> Nearly his entire [[proconsul]]ar term in Spain was spent at war with the [[Celtiberi]].<ref name="Broughton"/> In the four years Didius governed Spain he achieved multiple victories and is said to have slain 20,000 [[Arevaci]], quelled the rebellious city of [[Montejo de Tiermes|Termes]] (today Tiermes in the [[Soria (province)|province of Soria]]), and besieged Colenda for nine months, after which time the city fell and the women and children were sold into slavery.<ref name="Appian">Appian, History of Rome. http://www.livius.org/ap-ark/appian/appian_spain_20.html#%A7100</ref> Didius earned another [[Roman triumph|triumph]] after slaughtering a colony of "robbers"<ref>William Smith, "T. Didius." Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1870. {{cite web |url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1011.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-06-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605233919/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1011.html |archivedate=2011-06-05 }}</ref> -- in actuality, poor people who had banded together to subsist through banditry after losing their property. Didius lured them in with promises of land to live on, and when the families assembled within the Roman ''[[castra]]'' in good faith, he had them all killed.<ref name="Appian"/> The historian [[Appian]] indicates that Didius's exceptional cruelty and treachery caused an even greater uprising which his experienced successor, [[Gaius Valerius Flaccus (consul 93 BCE)|C. Valerius Flaccus]], had to put down.<ref>Leonard A. Curchin, ''Roman Spain: Conquest and Assimilation'' (Routledge, 1991), p. 41 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0sg9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA41&dq=%22T.+Didius,+one+of+the+consuls+for+98%22&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=%22T.%20Didius%2C%20one%20of%20the%20consuls%20for%2098%22&f=false online.]</ref> |
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Titus Didius was a general and politician of the Roman Republic. He is credited with the restoration of the Villa Publica,[1] and is notorious for his proconsulshipinHispania Citerior (the south-east of modern-day Spain).
Titus Didius first held office in 103 BC as a tribune of the Plebs.[2] He is noted for attempting to veto fellow tribune Gaius Norbanus’s prosecution of Q. Servilius Caepio in the aftermath of the Battle of Arausio,[2] which resulted in him being driven off from the proceedings by force. Two years later in 101 BC, he was elected a Praetor. During this time he fought in Macedon, defeating the Scordisci[2] and earning his first triumph upon his return in 100 BC.[3] In 98 BC Didius was elected Consul alongside Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos. Along with restoring the Villa Publica,[1] he enacted a law which disallowed combining two unrelated proposals in one bill.[4]
After his term as consul, Didius was assigned to govern the province of Hispania Citerior, where he served from 97 BC to 93 BC.[2] Nearly his entire proconsular term in Spain was spent at war with the Celtiberi.[2] In the four years Didius governed Spain he achieved multiple victories and is said to have slain 20,000 Arevaci, quelled the rebellious city of Termes (today Tiermes in the province of Soria), and besieged Colenda for nine months, after which time the city fell and the women and children were sold into slavery.[5] Didius earned another triumph after slaughtering a colony of "robbers"[6] -- in actuality, poor people who had banded together to subsist through banditry after losing their property. Didius lured them in with promises of land to live on, and when the families assembled within the Roman castra in good faith, he had them all killed.[5] The historian Appian indicates that Didius's exceptional cruelty and treachery caused an even greater uprising which his experienced successor, C. Valerius Flaccus, had to put down.[7]
After concluding his service in Spain, Didius served as a legate in the Social War, under Lucius Julius Caesar in 90 BC, then Lucius Porcius Cato and Sulla in 89 BC.[2][8] Shortly following a successful capture of Herculaneum, he died in battle June 11, 89 BC.[2]
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| Preceded by | Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Caecilius Metellus Nepos 98 BC |
Succeeded by Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives |
