v53_0203 - CUPRENNIA Denier

CUPRENNIA

(147 BC)

In 147 BC, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Æmilianus (Scipio Emilian) and Caius Livius Drusus were consuls. The Third Punic War began in 149 BC. Cato the Elder died before his dream of the destruction of Carthage was realized. Scipio Emilian succeeds Calpurnius Piso in the direction of the siege of Carthage, while Andriscus, who claimed to be the son of Perseus, is beaten in Macedonia by Q. Cæcilius Metellus who takes the nickname of Macedonian. The Via Postumia connects Aquileia to Verona and Cremona. The temples of Jupiter and Juno were dedicated in Rome that year. Gaius Terentius Lucanus could have been the master of Terence, according to Suetonius (Vita Terenti 1, Publius Terentius Afer, Latin comic poet, Carthage c. 190-159 BC) or the son of this master. Caius Terentius Lucanus gave magnificent games with gladiators according to Pliny the Elder (HN. XXXV).