Marcus Herennius was consul of the Roman Republic in 93 BC. Although a plebeian and an indifferent orator, he defeated Lucius Marcius Philippus in the consular election for 93 BC.[1] Pliny[2] mentions the consulate of Herennius as remarkable for the quantity of Cyrenaic silphium -- Ferula tingitana[3] -- then brought to Rome. This costly drug was worth a silver denarius per pound; and the mercantile connections of the Herennii in Africa may have caused this unusual supply.

References

  1. ↑ Defence speeches, by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by D. H. Berry, Oxford University Press 2000. p. 237.
  2. ↑ H.N. 19.3
  3. ↑ Sprengel, Rei Herbar., p. 84

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Herennius (6)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 2. p. 407.

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