LUCULLUS, Marcus Licinius, a younger brother of the preceding, was also called M. Terentius Varro Lucullus, on account of his adoption by M. Terentius Varro. Under Sulla he held the office of questor, and afterwards of a lieutenant. In 77 B.C. he was appointed praetor, and succeeding his brother as consul in 73 B.C., obtained Macedonia for a province, and there waged a successful war with the Bessi, the Dardanians, and the Greek cities on the Euxine. His exploits were rewarded by a triumph in 71 B.C. In 67 B.C. he was one of the legates appointed to settle the affairs of Pontus, and appears in history as one of the leaders of the aristocratic party in 65 B.C. He died at some period before 49 B.C. M. Lucullus is characterized by Cicero as one of the "lights and ornaments of the republic."