Gaius Sempronius Blaesus (Tribune of the People)
Gaius Sempronius Blaesus came from the Roman plebeian family of the Sempronians and was 211 BC. Chr. Tribune .
Life
211 BC BC, Gaius Sempronius Blaesus, as tribune of the people, brought charges against Gnaeus Fulvius Flaccus because of his defeat against Hannibal at Herdonia in the previous year and his subsequent flight. He obtained that the accused had to go into exile. 210 BC He was appointed legate of the condemned brother's besieging Capua , Quintus Fulvius Flaccus . When this end of 210 BC Was appointed dictator to hold the elections, he exchanged Blaesus for the propaetor Gaius Calpurnius Piso operating in the theater of war in Etruria .
Some ancient historians doubt the historicity of Flaccus 'defeat and also the information about Blaesus' legacy with the brother of the exiled praetor.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Sempronius 29). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, column 1369.
Remarks
- ^ Livy 26, 2, 7--3, 12.
- ^ Livy 27: 6, 1.
- ^ So the article Sempronius [I 10]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , Sp. 387.
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| SURNAME | Sempronius Blaesus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blaesus, Gaius Sempronius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman tribune 211 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |