Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus

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Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus was a politician in the early Roman Republic .

family

Gaius Poetilius Libo Visolus came from a plebeian family that was very influential in the early days of the Roman Republic . He was the son of a Gaius and grandson of a Quintus Poetilius Libo (Cf Qn). His grandfather Quintus was born in 450 BC. One of the ten decemviri consulari imperio legibus scribundis .

Life

In 361 BC The Tiburtines , who had been allied with Rome until then , fell away from Rome and joined the Gauls who had invaded Latium . For the following year Poetelius was elected consul with Marcus Fabius Ambustus , after he had already been elected for 364 BC. Was elected to the curular aedile . In his first consulate, Poetelius fought both opponents so successfully that the Senate granted him a triumph de Galleis et Tiburtibus . He was possibly the tribune of the people , who in 358 BC. With the consent of the Senate, the lex Poetelia de ambitu , the first law against ambitus , at that time still the unauthorized canvassing in general, brought before the people's assembly. He held his second consulate in 346 BC. Together with Marcus Valerius Corvus . Finally he was born in 326 BC. Elected consul for the third time. His fellow consul was Lucius Papirius Cursor . The year of his death is not known. His son Gaius was born for the year 313 BC. Chr. To dictator either rei causa gerundae elected or otherwise. He (or his son) was probably the originator of the lex Poetelia Papiria de nexis , with which 326 BC The Nexum , a legal provision from the Twelve Tables Act , was repealed.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ingemar König : The Roman State. Volume 1: The Republic (= Reclam's Universal Library . 8834). Reclam, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-15-008834-8 , p. 187.
  2. ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 7,11,9, and 5 ff.
  3. ^ Friedrich Münzer: Roman aristocratic parties and noble families. Metzler, Stuttgart 1920, p. 28.
  4. ↑ Acta triumphalis ; Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 7,11,9 ff.
  5. ↑ Ingemar König: The Roman State. Volume 1: The Republic (= Reclam's Universal Library. 8834). Reclam, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-15-008834-8 , p. 170.
  6. ↑ Friedrich Münzer: Poetelius 7. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE). Volume XXI, 1, Stuttgart 1951, Sp. 1165 f.
  7. ↑ Ingemar König: The Roman State. Volume 1: The Republic (= Reclam's Universal Library. 8834). Reclam, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-15-008834-8 , p. 208.
  8. ↑ Hans Georg Gundel : Poetelius 6. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Sp. 964 ..
personal data
SURNAME Libo Visolus, Gaius Poetelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician in the early Roman Republic
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.