Marcus Bibulus

Family: Roman Republic · Role: colleague · First appears: Julius Caesar 10

Life events

Julius Caesar and Marcus Bibulus jointly funded public games, but Caesar received all the credit.(Julius Caesar 10)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “He entertained them with the hunting of wild beasts, and with games, both alone and in conjunction with his colleague. On this account, he obtained the whole credit of the expense to which they had jointly contributed”
Julius Caesar was elected consul jointly with Marcus Bibulus.(Julius Caesar 19)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “He was accordingly elected consul jointly with Bibulus.”
The prevailing party assigned Julius Caesar and Marcus Bibulus minor provinces to administer.(Julius Caesar 19)
- With: Julius Caesar
- “the prevailing party took care to assign provinces of small importance to the new consuls, such as the care of the woods and roads.”

with Julius Caesar (colleagues in the aedileship) “his colleague, Marcus Bibulus, could not forbear remarking”

rivals with Julius Caesar “Of the two other competitors for the consulship, Lucius Luceius and Marcus Bibulus, he joined with the former, upon condition that Luceius, being a man of less interest but greater affluence, should promise money to the electors, in their joint names.”
rivals with Lucius Luceius “Of the two other competitors for the consulship, Lucius Luceius and Marcus Bibulus, he joined with the former, upon condition that Luceius, being a man of less interest but greater affluence, should promise money to the electors, in their joint names.”
with Julius Caesar (They were joint consuls.) “He was accordingly elected consul jointly with Bibulus.”

Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.