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Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex.
Ancient Roman jurist, politician and writer (consul in 95 BC)
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About Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
Quintus Mucius Scaevola "Pontifex" was a politician of the Roman Republic and an important early authority on Roman law. He is credited with founding the study of law as a systematic discipline. He was elected pontifex maximus, as had been his father and uncle before him. He was the first Roman pontifex maximus to be murdered publicly, in Rome in the temple of the Vestal Virgins, signifying a breakdown of historical norms and religious taboos in the Republic.
Everything about Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex →- Occupation
- jurist, writer, lawyer, politician
- Position held
- tribune of the plebs, aedile, ancient Roman senator, Roman consul
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 140 BC, 140 BC
- Died
- 82 BC