[2] He was then elected consul alongside Lucius Julius Caesar in 64 BC.
[3] After his consulship, he refused to be nominated for promagisterial or overseas proconsular appointment.
[4] On December 5, 63 BC, Marcius Figulus was one of the ex-consulars who spoke in support of the use of capital punishment to be applied against the conspirators of Catiline.
On the following day, he supported the proposal of a giving of thanks to Cicero for defending the Republic.
[5] After his death, his family erected a tomb for him that was enormously expensive and elaborate.