Lucius Porcius Licinus

Lucius Porcius Licinus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.

Family[edit]

He was a member of the gens Porcia. His father of the same name served as praetor at the Battle of the Metaurus. His son was also named Lucius Porcius Licinus.

Career[edit]

In 193 BC, he was elected praetor. The province he administered was Corsica and Sardinia.^[1] After having been in vain a candidate for consul several times, he was elected consul in 184 BC together with Publius Claudius Pulcher as his colleague.^[2] Both consuls waged war against the Ligurians, accomplishing not much of note. During the war, Licinus vowed to Venus that he would build her a temple, which his son (or brother) dedicated in Rome in 181 BC, the Temple of Venus Erycina at the Porta Collina.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Hans George Gundel, Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 22, p. 215
^ Fasti Capitolini
^ Titus Livius, XXXIV, 54,2; 55,6

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[:0-1] Hans George Gundel, Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol. 22, p. 215

[:1-2] Fasti Capitolini

[:2-3] Titus Livius, XXXIV, 54,2; 55,6

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