Gaius Cornelius Cethegus (Consul)

Gaius Cornelius Cethegus was a politician of the Roman Republic .

Cethegus was 200 BC Chr. Proconsul in Spain and has been for the following year in the absence of aedile selected. In this office he organized splendid games. During his consulate in 197 BC He fought successfully in Gallia Cisalpina against the Insubrians and Cenomanians and received a triumph . He was born for 194 BC. Chr. To censor selected. At the end of 193 BC He mediated together with Scipio Africanus and Marcus Minucius Rufus between Massinissa and Carthage .

literature

Henry Liddell: 2. C. Cornelius LFMN Cethegus . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . tape 1 : Abaeus – Dysponteus . Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1870, p. 675 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

personal data
SURNAME	Cornelius Cethegus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cethegus, Gaius Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman politician, consul 197 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	2nd century BC Chr.