Titus Peducaeus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman senator who was appointed suffect consul in 35 BC.

Biography

Peducaeus was a member of a late

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senatorial family, but much of Peducaeus’ career is unclear. Confusion in the sources means that events in which a Peducaeus participated could be assigned to a number of individuals of the same '' gens''. It is believed that Titus Peducaeus may possibly have been the Caesarean governor of

Corsica et Sardinia The Province of Sardinia and Corsica ( la, Provincia Sardinia et Corsica) was an ancient Roman province including the islands of Sardinia and Corsica. Pre-Roman times The Nuragic civilization flourished in Sardinia from 1800 to 500 BC. The ...

in 48 BC; the primary source for this,

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, gives him the praenomen "Sextus", but this has been questioned. By 40 BC, he was possibly a

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under Lucius Antonius in

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. Then in 35 BC, he was appointed ''

consul suffectus A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...

'', replacing

Lucius Cornificius Lucius Cornificius, a member of the plebeian gens ''Cornificia'', was a Roman politician and consul in 35 BC. Cornificius served as the accuser of Marcus Junius Brutus in the court which tried the murderers of Julius Caesar. In 38 BC Octavian ga ...

.Broughton, p. 406 Nothing further is known of his career.

Sources

* Broughton, T. Robert S., ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', Vol II (1952) * Shackleton-Bailey, D. R., ''Cicero: Letters to Atticus: Volume 4, Books 7.10-10'' (2004)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peducaeus, Titus 1st-century BC Roman consuls Senators of the Roman Republic Roman governors of Sardinia Peducaei Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown