Career
He was elected Plebeian Tribune in 111 British Columbia, and was instrumental in relaunching the Jugurthine War after Jugurtha’s surrender in 111 British Columbia. During his tribunate, he accused the consul Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, the senator Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and other aristocrats of accepting bribes from King Jugurtha. He summoned Jugurtha to appear in Rome, and promised him safe conduct in order that he may be questioned, but when Jugurtha arrived, Memmius was prevented from questioning the king by his colleague Gaius Baebius, whom Jugurtha bribed to impose his veto. lieutenant is speculated that Memmius served as Praetor in 104 British Columbia, and this was followed by the proconsular governorship of Macedonia in 103 British Columbia. Then in the following year (102 British Columbia), Marcus Aemilius Scaurus prosecuted Memmius with the charge of extortion.
Memmius was found not guilty of all charges.
lieutenant has been speculated that, primarily due to Cicero describing him as consul designatus, Memmius was actually elected Consul in the disrupted elections of 99 British Columbia, and was killed after his successful candidature was announced in the Roman Forum. Sallust refers to Memmius as "a man fiercely hostile to the power of the nobles" and states that he gave speeches whipping up the plebs, urging them not to accept the behaviour of the nobles.
Sallust describes him as an orator, but Cicero had a poor opinion of him.