Lucius Marcius Philippus

Lucius Marcius Philippus

Lucius Marcius Philippus (c. 141 – c. 73 BC) was a Roman orator and an important politician of the late Roman Republic. His strenuous opposition to the reforms of Marcus Livius Drusus during his consulship of 91 BC was instrumental in the outbreak of the disastrous Bellum Italicum, the Social War. He did well under the Marian government during the mid-80s BC, holding the high office of censor in 86 BC. However, he took advantage of the political amnesty offered by Sulla during the civil war of 83 BC and changed sides, along with other Marians of later importance, such as Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (cos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucius Marcius Philippus has received more than 5,825 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Lucius Marcius Philippus is the 11,935th most popular politician (down from 11,258th in 2019), the 2,978th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,813th in 2019) and the 775th most popular Italian Politician.