Gaius Genucius Clepsina

Gaius Genucius Clepsina was a Roman politician in the first half of the 3rd century BC. Chr.

According to the consular fasts, father and grandfather were named Lucius , which is why the consul of 303 BC. BC, Lucius Genucius Aventinensis , is regarded as his father.

Gaius Genucius Clepsina himself was born in 276 BC. Elected consul together with Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges . In 270 BC BC he held next to his colleague Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio again the consulate and, according to the ancient writers Orosius and Dionysius of Halicarnassus , was involved in the operation against the Legio Campana that year. It concerned the renegade crew of Rhegium , the fight against which his brother Lucius Genucius Clepsina had begun as consul the previous year . According to the Fasti Capitolini , however, his counterpart ultimately celebrated the triumph over Rhegium.

In an inscription located in a sanctuary in Caere , a certain Gaius Genucius Clepsina is mentioned, who is called the Prefect there. Most likely it is the same person.

Nothing more is known about Gaius Genucius Clepsina; later Genucii no longer had cognomen .

literature

Hans Georg Gundel : Genucius 13. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 748.
Friedrich Münzer : Genucius 17. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, column 1209.

Remarks

↑ Orosius , historae adversus paganos 4,2,2.
↑ Orosius, historae adversus paganos 4,3,5; Dionysius of Halicarnassus 20,16,1.
↑ Amrio Toreli: The Roman Period. In: Nancy Thomson de Grummond , Lisa C. Pieraccini (eds.): Caere. University of Texas Press, Austin TX 2016, ISBN 978-1-4773-0843-1 , pp. 263-270, here p. 265.

personal data
SURNAME	Genucius Clepsina, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clepsina, Gaius Genucius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 276 and 270 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC Chr.

[1] Orosius , historae adversus paganos 4,2,2.

[2] Orosius, historae adversus paganos 4,3,5; Dionysius of Halicarnassus 20,16,1.

[3] Amrio Toreli: The Roman Period. In: Nancy Thomson de Grummond , Lisa C. Pieraccini (eds.): Caere. University of Texas Press, Austin TX 2016, ISBN 978-1-4773-0843-1 , pp. 263-270, here p. 265.