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Marcus Minucius Thermus

Roman senator, general, praetor in 81 BC and governor of Asia

Roman senator, general, praetor in 81 BC and governor of Asia

Marcus Minucius Thermus was an ancient Roman soldier and statesman. He was praetor in 81 BC and governor of Asia the following year, succeeding Murena. The capture of Mytilene occurred during his governorship; Mytilene had been in revolt against Rome and was suspected of actively or tacitly aiding so-called pirates in the region. Suetonius credits Thermus with the victory, but the siege may have been conducted by or in coordination with Lucius Licinius Lucullus. Little else is known of his life or career.

Julius Caesar began his military service under Thermus after his pardon by Sulla during the proscriptions of 82 BC. It was Thermus who sent the young Caesar as an envoy to the court of Nicomedes IV of Bithynia to request aid in the form of a fleet.

Although Thermus was a Sullan partisan, in 86 BC his younger brother Quintus had been a legate in Asia under appointment by the rival Marians. Quintus had replaced Fimbria after his mutiny.

References

Sources

  • Further discussion by T. Corey Brennan, The Praetorship in the Roman Republic (Oxford University Press, 2000), vol. 2, p. 557 online.

References

  1. [[T.R.S. Broughton]], ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', vol. 2 (New York 1952), pp. 76, 78, 81, citing [[Suetonius]], ''Divus Iulius'' 2.1, where he is identified as a praetor, and [[David Magie]], ''Roman Rule in Asia Minor'' (Princeton University Press, 1950), vol. 1, p 246f. and vol. 2, p. 1124, note 41.
  2. Arthur Keaveney, ''Lucullus: A Life'' (Routledge, 1992), p. 182 [https://books.google.com/books?id=kzsOAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22Minucius+Thermus%22&pg=PA182 online.] Keaveney argues that Minucius assumed his post in Asia in 79 (pp. 182–187).
  3. Philip de Souza, ''Piracy in the Graeco-Roman World'' (Cambridge University Press, 2002), p. 123 [https://books.google.com/books?id=SOK-Jh1Zuk4C&dq=%22Minucius+Thermus%22&pg=PA123 online.]
  4. Harold B. Mattingly, "C. Verres and the Pirates," in ''From Coins to History: Selected Numismatic Studies'' (University of Michigan Press, 2004). p. 180, note 10 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_aZ2qkbWeRIC&dq=%22M.+Minucius+Thermus%22&pg=PA180 online.]
  5. Ronald T. Ridley, "The Dictator's Mistake: Caesar's Escape from Sulla," ''Historia'' 49 (2000) 227–228.
  6. Matthias Gelzer, ''Caesar: Politician and Statesman'', trans. Peter Needham (Oxford: Blackwell, 1968), {{ISBN. 0-631-10430-5
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