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EncyclopediaSaturninusSaturninus (Lucius Appuleius Saturninus) (săt"urnī'nus) [key], d. 100 B.C., Roman statesman. He was quaestor in 104 B.C. and later tribune of the people. He was violently opposed to the senatorial party and allied himself with Marius to procure the banishment of Metellus Numidicus (see under Metellus, family), the passage of a grain law, and the establishment of new colonies in Sicily, Achaia, and Macedonia. With the demagogue Glaucia he instigated the murder of Caius Memmius, Glaucia's rival for the consulship; for this the senate proscribed them. He and Glaucia fled from the Forum to the Capitol, where they surrendered to Marius after the water supply was cut off. While they were being held for security, the mob stoned them to death with roofing tiles. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Saturninus from Infoplease:
- William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, Dramatis Personae -
- William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, Act IV, Scene IV - Why, lords, what wrongs are these! was ever seen An emperor in Rome thus overborne, Troubled, confronted thus; and, for the extent Of egal justice, us
- William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, Act II, Scene II - The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, The fields are fragrant and the woods are green: Uncouple here and let us make a bay And wake the emperor
- William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, Act V, Scene III - Uncle Marcus, since it is my father's mind That I repair to Rome, I am content.
- William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus, Act I - Noble patricians, patrons of my right, Defend the justice of my cause with arms, And, countrymen, my loving followers, Plead my successive title with
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