Appius Claudius Caudex

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Appius Claudius Caudex was a member of the Roman patrician family of the Claudians . He was the grandson of Appius Claudius Caecus and consul in 264 BC. Chr.

He drew the republic into the conflict with Carthage on the question of possession of Sicily . In 265 BC In BC Hieron II of Syracuse attacked Messina to take the city from the Mamertines , mercenaries from Campania who had conquered it a few years earlier. The Mamertines then allied themselves with a nearby Carthaginian fleet and together they fought off the Syracusans . But when the Carthaginians did not leave the city after this success, the Mamertines turned in 264 BC. At Rome.

Some senators were unwilling to help them, but Appius Claudius convinced the citizens to support them. He led an army to Messina, and since the Mamertines had persuaded the Carthaginians to withdraw, he met little resistance outside the city. The Mamertines handed them over to Appius Claudius, the Romans moved in, but then saw themselves besieged when the Carthaginians returned and resumed their blockade. When the Syracusans also arrived outside the city, Appius Claudius sent ambassadors to both camps, but was turned away. Thereupon he led his troops out of the city, defeated Syracuse in a battle, which caused Hieron to withdraw, as did the Carthaginians the next day.

This conflict became one of the immediate causes of the First Punic War .

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  1. ↑ On the officials of this year and the sources cf. T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC-100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Volume 15, Part 1). Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland (Ohio) 1968, pp. 202 f. (Reprinted from 1951 New York edition).
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SURNAME Claudius Caudex, Appius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caudex, Appius Claudius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 264 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC Chr.