person
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Scaurus
also: Aemilius Scaurus, M. Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, consul of 115 BC and princeps senatus; a powerful, ambitious noble who masked his own venality and later headed an embassy to Jugurtha and sat on the Mamilian commission.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §15 Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, consul of 115 and princeps senatus, a dominant figure of the age; here he checks his usual venality only because Jugurtha's bribery has grown too notorious.
- The Jugurthine War §25 Marcus Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (see section 15), now leader of the embassy; his presence frightens Jugurtha but does not stop the siege.