Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 56 BC)

Lucius Marcius Philippus (c. 102 BC; † after 43 BC) was a politician of the late Roman Republic.

Philip was 62 BC and praetor 61-60 BC governor of Syria. In 58 BC, he married his second wife Atia, mother of Gaius Octavius ​​, the future emperor Augustus. 56 BC he was consul ( Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus with Marcellinus ).

He owned a farm in Puteoli. 44 BC ( after the assassination of Gaius Julius Caesar ), he recommended his step- son Octavius ​​to refuse the inheritance of Caesar. This, however, took the inheritance and the name of Caesar. Nevertheless, Philip supported his stepson continued, including against Cicero. 43 BC he retired from politics after it had failed to reach a reconciliation of Marcus Antonius with the Senate.

From his first marriage, Philip had a son of the same, the BC Suffektkonsul was 38, and a daughter, Marcia, the second wife of Marcus Porcius Cato was Uticensis.

  • Man
  • Marcii
  • Consul ( Roman Republic )
  • Born in the 2nd century BC
  • Died in the 1st century BC
  • Governor (Syria )
Atia Balba Caesonia Roman consul Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus Mark Antony Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 38 BC) Marcia (wife of Cato the Younger)
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