page_title: Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus
hierarchical_section_title: Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus
caption_attribution_description: Map of the Roman conquest of the northern territiories of Spain inhabited by the Cantabri and the Astures. Based on classical sources (Florus, Orosius) and: Fernandez Ochoa, C: Asturias en la época romana. Madrid, 1982 Fernández Ochoa, C: Roma y la conquista del Norte Peninsular. La Nueva España, 1990 Gonzalez Echegaray, J: Cantabria a través de su historia. Santander, 1979 Marcos García, M.A.: Un enfoque crítico sobre los textos antiguos de la Cantabria romana. *Studia Histórica, vol VI, 1988. Martino, E.: Roma contra cántabros y astures. Nueva lectura de las fuentes. Santander, 1982 Rodriguez Colmenero, A: Augusto e Hispania. Conquista y organización del Norte peninsular. Bilbao, 1979 Syme, R: The Conquest of North-West Spain. Legio VII Gemina. 1970
context_page_description: Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus was a consul of the Roman Republic for the year 138 BC together with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. He was an optimate politician and a military commander in Hispania and in Illyria. He was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus and brother of Marcus Junius Brutus. He had a son also named Decimus Junius Brutus and his grandson was Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus.
  Decimus Junius Brutus belonged to the optimates, a political faction which supported the interests of the aristocracy and was opposed to both the plebeian tribunes and populares, a political faction which championed the cause of the poor and wanted reforms to help them. During his consulship he and his colleague P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica opposed the plebeian tribunes. The plebeian tribune Gaius Curiatus sent both consuls to prison because they did not allow the plebeian tribunes to select ten men who would be exempt from military service. The two consuls also opposed a proposal by the tribunes to purchase grain from abroad because the price of grain was going up. Scipio Nasica made a speech which quieted the restless plebs.
context_section_description: Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (or Gallaecus or Callaecus) (180 BC – 113 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic for the year 138 BC together with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. He was an optimate politician and a military commander in Hispania and in Illyria. He was the son of Marcus Junius Brutus (consul in 178 BC) and brother of Marcus Junius Brutus (praetor in 88 BC).  He had a son also named Decimus Junius Brutus (consul in 77 BC) and his grandson was Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus.
  Decimus Junius Brutus belonged to the optimates, a political faction which supported the interests of the aristocracy and was opposed to both the plebeian tribunes (the representatives of the plebs) and populares, a political faction which championed the cause of the poor and wanted reforms to help them. During his consulship he and his colleague P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica opposed the plebeian tribunes. The plebeian tribune Gaius Curiatus sent both consuls to prison because they did not allow the plebeian tribunes to select ten men who would be exempt from military service. The two consuls also opposed a proposal by the tribunes to purchase grain from abroad because the price of grain was going up. Scipio Nasica made a speech which quieted the restless plebs.
caption: Map of Roman campaigns in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. The green lines and the red lines show the Cantabrian War (29–19 BC). The purple line shows Brutus' campaign (138–37 BC). The yellow line shows Caesar's campaign (62 BC).
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