person
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Scaurus the elder
Consul 115 BC and long princeps senatus (leader of the senate), a byword for Republican authority; the distinguished ancestor whose name dignified the degenerate Mamercus Scaurus.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.31.5 that old Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, consul 115 BC and long princeps senatus (leader of the senate), a byword for Republican gravity; ancestor of the degenerate Mamercus.