Gaius Sempronius Atratinus

Gaius Sempronius Atratinus came from the aristocratic family of the Sempronians and dressed during the early Roman Republic in 423 BC. The consulate .

Life

Gaius Sempronius Atratinus officiated in 423 BC. BC together with Quintus Fabius Vibulanus Ambustus as consul. On a campaign against the Volscians , Atratinus is said to have behaved extremely negligently and thereby put his army in a very threatening position; only the courageous and independent action of the cavalry commanded by Sextus Tempanius saved the army. Because of this misconduct, Atratinus was after the expiry of his consulate in 422 BC. Prosecuted by the tribune Lucius Hortensius . But since four of the fearless horsemen, who had averted the danger the previous year and now acted as tribunes, interceded for Atratinus, Hortensius temporarily dropped the charges. As Atratinus, however, 420 BC. BC broke against an agricultural law and his cousin Aulus Sempronius Atratinus, who was serving as consular tribune for the second time this year, further angered the tribunes by preferring patrician candidates in the Quaestor elections, they managed to resume the process. Atratinus was found guilty and had to pay a heavy fine. The ancient historian Friedrich Münzer only considers the consulate and the condemnation of Atratinus to be historical facts, but the rest of the story as an annalistic fiction.

literature

Friedrich Münzer : Sempronius 24). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, column 1366.

Remarks

↑ Livy 4:37, 1; among others; see also: T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), pp. 68f
↑ Livy 4:37, 3-4 , 41, 10; Valerius Maximus 3, 2, 8.
^ Livy 4:42, 2–9; Valerius Maximus 6, 5, 2 (to which Atratinus wrongly attached the first name Lucius ).
↑ Livy 4:44, 6-10.
↑ F. Münzer, RE II A, 2, col. 1366.

personal data
SURNAME	Sempronius Atratinus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Atratinus, Gaius Sempronius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 423 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	before 466 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 420 BC Chr.

[1] Livy 4:37, 1; among others; see also: T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland, Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), pp. 68f

[2] Livy 4:37, 3-4 , 41, 10; Valerius Maximus 3, 2, 8.

[3] Livy 4:42, 2–9; Valerius Maximus 6, 5, 2 (to which Atratinus wrongly attached the first name Lucius ).

[4] Livy 4:44, 6-10.

[5] F. Münzer, RE II A, 2, col. 1366.