Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 157 BC)

Lucius Aurelius Orestes (Latin, Lucius Aurelius L. f. L. n. Orestes) was a magistrate and consul in the service of the Roman Republic.[1] He was consul in the year 157 BC together with Sextus Julius Caesar.[2] He was further mentioned in the Roman Fasti and by Gaius Plinius Secundus in his work Historia Naturalis.[3]

Political offices
Preceded by
Gaius Popillius Laenas and
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
157 BC		 Succeeded by
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus and
Caius Marcius Figulus

References
  1. Cicero (23 February 2006). On Government. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 493–. ISBN 978-0-14-191253-0.
  2. Suetonius (1899). Suetonius: history of twelve Caesars. David Nutt. pp. 12–.
  3. H. N. xxxiii. 3. s. 17


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