List of Roman consuls designate explained

See also: List of Roman consuls and List of undated Roman consuls. This is a list of Roman consuls designate, individuals who were either elected or nominated to the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic, or a high office of the Empire, but who for some reason did not enter office at the beginning of the year, either through death, disgrace, or due to changes in imperial administration.

6th–2nd centuries BC

Year BCYear AUCNominated consul(s)Replacement consul(s)Reason for failure to take office
align=center 393align=center 361L. Valerius Potitus Poplicola,
and Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis		L. Lucretius Tricipitinus Flavus,
and Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus		Elected but abdicated before installation[1]
align=center 220align=center 534M. Valerius Laevinus,
and Q. Mucius Scaevola		Q. Lutatius Catulus,
and L. Veturius Philo		Elected but gave up magistracies before being installed[2]
align=center 215align=center 539L. Postumius AlbinusM. Claudius MarcellusElected but died in Cisalpine Gaul prior to taking office[3]
align=center 108align=center 646Q. HortensiusM. Aurelius ScaurusProsecuted and condemned before taking office[4]

1st century BC

Year BCYear AUCNominated consul(s)Replacement consul(s)Reason for failure to take office
align=center 99align=center 655Gaius MemmiusA. Postumius AlbinusElected consul designate in 100 BC, but was murdered on the day he was elected in a riot sparked by Gaius Servilius Glaucia and Lucius Appuleius Saturninus[5]
align=center 68align=center 686Servilius VatiaNoneConsul suffectus designate, elected after the death of Lucius Caecilius Metellus, but died before taking office[6]
align=center 65align=center 689P. Cornelius Sulla,
and P. Autronius Paetus		L. Aurelius Cotta,
and L. Manlius Torquatus		Condemned for bribery before taking office[7]
align=center 42align=center 712D. Junius Brutus AlbinusM. Aemilius LepidusNominated in 45 BC by Julius Caesar, but his involvement in Caesar's assassination saw him killed in the civil war that followed (43 BC).[8]
align=center 41align=center 713G. Cassius Longinus,
and M. Junius Brutus		L. Antonius Pietas,
and P. Servilius Isauricus II		Nominated by Julius Caesar, but their leading involvement in Caesar's assassination saw them killed at the Battle of Philippi in the civil war that followed (42 BC).[9]
align=center 39align=center 715Q. Salvidienus Rufus? L. Marcius CensorinusNominated by Octavianus, but his proposal to Marcus Antonius to betray Octavianus was uncovered, and he was either killed or committed suicide in 40 BC.[10] [11]
align=center 33align=center 721Sex. Pompeius Magnus? L. Volcatius TullusAs part of the treaty of Misenum, Sextus Pompeius was promised the consulate for this year. He died in 35 BC after falling out with Octavianus.[12] [13]
align=center 31align=center 723M. AntoniusM. Valerius Messalla CorvinusAgreed that he would share the consulship in 31 BC with Octavianus, and although he claimed the office, it was not recognized in Rome.[14]
align=center 29align=center 725Gaius Furnius?The younger Furnius, consul 17 BC, successfully reconciled his father and Octavian after the civil war and the elder Furnius became consul designatus in BC 29.[15]
align=center 23align=center 731A. Varro MurenaCn. Calpurnius PisoDied before taking office[16]

1st century AD

YearNominated consul(s)Replacement consul(s)Reason for failure to take office
4L. Julius CaesarSextus Aelius Catus
or Gaius Sentius Saturninus		Nominated consul designate in 2 BC for the year AD 4, but died 2 years before he was due to take office[17]
40M. Cocceius NervaNoneNominated consul designate for AD 40, but died before taking office[18]
49C. Silius? C. Pompeius Longus GallusNominated consul designate by the emperor Claudius, but was executed after marrying Claudius's wife, Valeria Messalina, in a probable plot against the emperor.[19]
65Plautius LateranusNominated consul designate for AD 65, but was killed for his involvement against the emperor Nero in the Pisonian conspiracy.[20]
68Cingonius VarroNominated by Nero as consul designate for AD 68, but was killed by Galba in the aftermath of the failed usurpation of Nymphidius Sabinus.[21]
69P. Petronius Turpilianus IIWas consul designate in AD 68, but was executed by Galba on his way to Rome.[22]
70P. Valerius MarinusD. Valerius AsiaticusNominated consul designate in AD 69 by the emperor Galba, but was deferred upon Galba's death.[23]
70Marcius MacerNominated consul designate by Otho in AD 69, but was passed over after the accession of Vitellius.[24] [25] [26]
70D. Valerius AsiaticusT. Caesar VespasianusNominated consul designate by Vitellius in AD 69, but was put aside with the accession of Vespasian.[27]
83M. Pompeius Silvanus Staberius Flavinus IIINominated consul designate by Domitian, but died before taking office.[28]

2nd and 3rd centuries AD

YearNominated consul(s)Replacement consul(s)Reason for failure to take office
128P. Metilius Nepos IINominated consul designate for AD 128, but died prior to his taking office.
179Cn. Julius Verus II[29]
between 177 and 180, or 198 and 209L. Cestius Gallus[30] Unknown; based on reading of

4th and 5th centuries AD

YearNominated consul(s)Replacement consul(s)Reason for failure to take office
377L. Aurelius Avianius SymmachusFlavius MerobaudesNominated consul designate in AD 376, but died the same year.[31]
385Vettius Agorius PraetextatusFlavius BautoNominated consul designate in AD 384, but died the same year.[32]
401GainasFlavius FravittaNominated consul designate in AD 400 by Arcadius, but killed during the political upheavals orchestrated by Aelia Eudoxia.[33]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Swan, p. 238.
  2. Swan, pp. 238, 239.
  3. Swan, p. 239.
  4. Swan, pp. 239, 240.
  5. Broughton, vol. III, p. 23.
  6. Broughton, vol. II, p. 136.
  7. Broughton, vol. II, p. 156; Swan, p. 240.
  8. Broughton, vol. II, p. 346.
  9. Ryan, p. 248.
  10. Swan, p. 244.
  11. Syme, The Roman Revolution, p. 220.
  12. Swan, pg. 244
  13. Syme, The Roman Revolution, p. 221.
  14. Swan, p. 244.
  15. [Seneca the Younger|Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
  16. Swan, pp. 240–242.
  17. Syme, The Roman Revolution, p. 417.
  18. Wardle, p. 180.
  19. [Barbara Levick]
  20. Griffin, p. 194.
  21. Rudich, p. 224.
  22. Levick, Vespasian, p. 43.
  23. Syme, Governors Dying in Syria.
  24. Tacitus, Historiae, ii. 71.
  25. PIR, vol. II, p. 350.
  26. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 884 ("Marcius Macer").
  27. Levick, Vespasian, p. 79.
  28. Jones, The Emperor Domitian, p. 55
  29. Hall, p. 118.
  30. Anthony Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 258
  31. Jones & Martindale, p. 864.
  32. Jones & Martindale, p. 723.
  33. Cameron, p. 327.

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