A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

7. L.MarciusPhilippus, L. F. L. N., the son of the preceding, was tribune of the plebs, B. C. 49. when he put his veto upon one of the appointments which the senate wished to make (Caes. Civ. 1.6). He was praetor in B. C. 44, and is in that year called by Cicero, vir ptre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus. (Cic. Phil. 3.10.)