Marcus Herennius (consul 93 BC)

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Marcus Herennius was consul of the Roman Republic in 93 BC. Although a plebeian and an indifferent orator, he defeated Lucius Marcius Philippus in the consular election for 93 BC. [1] Pliny [2] mentions the consulate of Herennius as remarkable for the quantity of Cyrenaic silphium -- Ferula tingitana [3] -- then brought to Rome. This costly drug was worth a silver denarius per pound; and the mercantile connections of the Herennii in Africa may have caused this unusual supply.

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References

  1. Defence speeches, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by D. H. Berry, Oxford University Press 2000. p. 237.
  2. H.N. 19.3
  3. Sprengel, Rei Herbar., p. 84

PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Herennius (6)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . 2. p. 407.

Political offices
Preceded by
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Valerius Flaccus
93 BC
Succeeded by