Lucius Pinarius

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Lucius Pinarius Scarpus was the son of Atia Balba Tertia and his father is unknown. Pinarius' maternal great uncle was Roman dictator Julius Caesar, being the grandson of Julia, Caesar's second eldest sister. Pinarius' maternal grandfather was praetor, Marcus Atius Balbus.

According to Suetonius, in Caesar's will he received one-eighth of certain legacies after the legacies given to his cousin Octavian (future emperor Augustus). In the Civil war between Antony and Octavian that followed, Pinarius later became a supporter of Mark Antony and went against his cousin Octavian. In Cyrenaica, under Antony, he commanded four legions. After Octavian's victory in the naval battle of Actium, Pinarius refused to receive Antony and threw his support (and his legions) to Octavian. As Octavian marched through Asia, Syria and Judea to establish his authority, Pinarius moved east towards Egypt to trap Antony between a two-pronged attack. Due to his perfidious nature, he was kept out of public office.

Lucius Pinarius was roumoured to gave homosexual experiences with the Pinarii rival patrican family the Potitii, paterfamilias.

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• William Smith Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, entry #5 (L. PINARIUS) under the family name PINARIUS.