person
M. Scaurus
also: Marcus Scaurus
M. Aemilius Scaurus, son of the princeps senatus, praetor 56 BC and proconsul of Sardinia 55, defended by Cicero on a charge of repetundae in 54. In youth he had served as quaestor under Pompey in the East and as prosecutor of Verres's old comrade Cn. Dolabella (Verr. 2.1.97). The trial speech (Pro Scauro) survives in fragments.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.16 §6 his aedileship
M. Aemilius Scaurus's aedileship of 58 BC was remembered for games of extraordinary lavishness; here it is an electoral asset as he stands for the consulship.
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 §11 on behalf of Scaurus and on behalf of Plancius
Cicero's defence speeches Pro Scauro and Pro Plancio, both delivered in 54 BC; the men were on trial respectively for extortion and for electoral bribery.
- On Duties §2.57 Scaurus followed his example
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, aedile 58 BC, whose temporary theatre and games were proverbially extravagant. Cicero names him as imitating Lentulus's magnificence.