Gaius Caetronius Miccio
Gaius Caetronius Miccio was a Roman senator who flourished during the first century AD. His full career is outlined in an inscription (CIL II, 2423) at Braga, Portugal.
Biography
The name Caetronius (emended from 'Caleronius', as it appears on the stone, by Hübner and Alföldy) is Etruscan and the surname Miccio is Celtic, both attested in Italy. His voting tribe was the 'Camilia', which only a few attested towns in Italy belonged to. Géza Alföldy thus concludes that Gaius Caetronius Miccio most probably came from Suasa, a town in Umbria inhabited by the Gallic Senones.
Most likely, Gaius Caetronius Miccio was born during the time of Augustus and his career spanned the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula and Claudius. Alföldy says that Miccio was probably adlected to the Senate since he skipped the lower offices of the senatorial career track, such as quaestor and military tribune. Miccio first held the office of tribune of the plebs at Rome, then went on to serve as the emperor's judicial administrator in the province of Hispania Citerior. He afterwards served as commander (legate) of the Legio II Augusta in Germania Superior, and then governor of Hispania Baetica. He was finally appointed prefect of the aerarium militare (military treasury) and then of the aerarium populi Romani (state treasury). Alföldy notes that he may have held further offices, perhaps even the consulship, though the inscription does not record any.
References
- Alföldy, Géza (1967). "Ein senatorischer Cursus honorum aus Bracara Augusta, CIL II 2423". Madrider Mitteilungen. 8: 185–195. ISSN 0418-9744.
- Eck, Werner (1974), "Caetronius 2a", Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE, PW), supplement XIV, column 83.