The author begins his discussion of the problems associated with Marcus Antonius’s exercise of the office of a tribune of the plebs in 49 BC by indicating the peculiar features of his tribunate. For it turned out that Antonius had to hold his plebeian office in a time when the Roman Republic saw events which would determine its future fate. Antonius actively participated in these events and played a decisive role in them due to his political associations. The consequence of his engagement was a delay of many months in his activity associated with this tenure and active participation in the civil war. Antonius resumed his duties as the tribune of the plebs as late as at the end of his term i.e. shortly before 9 December, 49. Then the author describes the problems associated with Antonius’s appointment to the college of tribunes of the plebs for the year 49, especially the support that was expressed to him at that time by C. Scribonius Curio, a former‑year tribune of the plebs who was his friend, and by a protector and at the same time the principal of both men - C. Iulius Caesar. Due to this fact a great deal of attention was devoted to the analysis of source information associated with these issues, especially the ones contained in the Eighth Book of the Bellum Gallicum by Aulus Hirtius. The author begins his discussion of the activities initiated by Antonius after he assumed the office on 10 December, 50 by presenting his expression of support for the defence of Caesar and the activities directed against Pompeius that were realised until the end of this month. Then the author concentrateshis attention on the presentation of the most important and best known manoeuvres of Antonius that he realised in the senate forum during 1-7 January, 49, during the sessions devoted to Pompeius’s conflict with Caesar. The author devoted due attention to the events that happened in the senate room on the first and last day of the sessions. The activity of Antonius away from Rome during the Italic campaign was mentioned only briefly as it is not directly associated with the problem stated in the title of the article. The author’s considerations are concluded by a discussion of Antonius’s resumption of the duty of a tribune of the plebs in the final period of his tenure and an evaluation of his tribunate.
In discussing C. Iulius Caesar’s office of aedile held by him in 65 BC, the author of the present article included in his deliberations Caesar’s activity on two levels: his actions going beyond the powers of the curule aedile and the measures closely related to the duties thereof. The former ones were connected to the accusations that Caesar had taken part in the conspiracies organized at that time, whose participants aimed at seizing power in the Republic. These allegations concerned Caesar’s cooperation, also in this context, with Marcus Licinius Crassus. The latter ones, that is the activities closely related to the duties of the curule aedile, pertained to Caesar’s actions implemented within the prerogatives of these officials, that he took either independently or in cooperation with Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, his peer at the office. Discussing both abovementioned aspects, the author analyzes the grounds of Caesar’s specific initiatives, contemplates the course of their implementation as well as their circumstances and conditions. He pays special attention to the positive and negative outcomes of his moves, presenting them both on a personal and public level.
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Autor artykułu omawia aktywność publiczną G. Juliusza Cezara w trakcie sprawowania przez niego urzędu edyla kurulnego w 65 roku przed Chrystusem. Swoją uwagę koncentruje nie tylko na działaniach Cezara wynikających z posiadanych przez niego wówczas uprawnień łączących się z tym stanowiskiem. Akcentuje także wykraczające poza nie posunięcia polityczne Cezara, związane z nimi intrygi oraz będące ich efektem rozgrywki, w które był on zaangażowany. Dlatego autor artykułu wiele uwagi poświęcił również politycznym powiązaniom Cezara - politykom, z którymi wówczas ściśle współpracował, oraz przeciwnikom, z którymi się wtedy na forum publicznym ścierał, a także najważniejszym ówczesnym rzymskim ugrupowaniom, czyli popularom i optymatom.
Recenzja pracy poświęconej starożytnym zagadnieniom militarnym pt. "Wojny biblijne" [autorzy: Martin J. Dougherety, Michael E. Haskew, Phyllis G. Jestice, Rob S. Rice].
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