Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus was a politician of the late Roman Republic. An opponent of Julius Caesar, he was consul alongside Caesar in 59 BC, and fought against him in the civil war that broke out between Caesar and Pompey in 49 BC. A member of the plebeian Calpurnia clan, Bibulus served as Curule aedile alongside Julius Caesar in 65 BC, who proceeded to overshadow Bibulus throughout his year inoffice, particularly in the provision of the Ludi Romani. He again served alongside Caesar in 62 BC when both were elected praetor, opposing him at every opportunity. During his term in office, Bibulus was called upon to suppress supporters of Catiline’s rebellion among the Paeligni. Married as he was to the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis, another implacable opponent of Caesar
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