Gaius Sulpicius Longus

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Gaius Sulpicius Longus came from the Roman patrician family of the Sulpicians and was three times (337, 323 and 314 BC) consul , 319 BC. Chr. Censor and 312 v. Chr. Dictator .

Life

According to the filiation information for Gaius Sulpicius Longus, his father led the Praenomen Servius and his grandfather the Praenomen Quintus ; therefore he was probably a grandson of the consular tribune Quintus Sulpicius Longus, who was in office during the Gauls attack on Rome (390 BC) .

In his first consulate in 337 BC Longus officiated together with Publius Aelius Paetus . The consuls should have been to blame by their hesitant approach because the Romans allied and by the Sidicinern fought Aurunkern not arrived in time to help, so the Sidiciner now could destroy the city Suessa Aurunca. Out of anger at the behavior of the consuls, the Senate had appointed a dictator and his master's degree , but both had to resign immediately because their election had been declared irregular due to religious concerns. The ancient historian Friedrich Münzer considers this story by the Roman historian Titus Livius to be falsified. On the other hand, Livius' further report is credible that, when also 337 BC BC a plebeian , Quintus Publilius Philo , was elected praetor for the first time, and Longus offered violent but unsuccessful resistance.

Longus' opposition to the plebeian promotion may have contributed to the fact that he was only 14 years later, in 323 BC. BC, could again hold the highest office of state, this time Quintus Aulius Cerretanus was his colleague. At that time Rome was still at the beginning of the long-running Second Samnite War . According to the account of Livy, who also emphasizes the uncertain source situation, Longus invaded Samnium without achieving greater success.

A surviving fragment of the Fasti Capitolini shows that Longus was in 319 BC. Exercised censorship; the name of his counterpart is not known.

314 BC Longus came to the consulate for the third time in the 3rd century BC, which he held together with Marcus Poetelius Libo . For this year the sources regarding the struggles of the Romans are very contradictory; Diodorus and Livius differ widely in their reports on this. According to Livy, the consuls are said to have recaptured the city of Sora with the help of a defector and then defeated the Ausonians . In the further report, Livy agrees with Diodorus at least on the point that the consuls achieved a significant military success against the Samnites, and the acts of triumph report - albeit as the only source - that Longus (but not his counterpart) subsequently triumphed over them People were allowed to celebrate.

According to the Fasti Capitolini testimony, Longus was born in 312 BC. Elected dictator and was assigned to Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus as horseman; because of an allegedly threatened war on the part of the Etruscans, they should call as many able-bodied men as possible to arms. The historicity of this dictatorship is controversial in modern research.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 314 and 312 BC BC as well as acts of triumph; on this Friedrich Münzer : Sulpicius 75). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, column 813.
  2. ↑ Livy 8:15 , 1; Diodorus 17, 17, 1; among others
  3. ↑ Livy 8:15 , 2-6; on this Friedrich Münzer: Sulpicius 75). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV A, 1, Stuttgart 1931, column 813.
  4. ^ Livy 8, 15, 9.
  5. ↑ Livy 8, 37, 1 and 3; Diodorus 18, 26, 1; among others
  6. ^ Livy 8, 37, 3–9.
  7. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 319 BC Chr .; not mentioned by Livy.
  8. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 314 BC Chr .; Livy 9:24, 1; Diodorus 19, 73, 1; among others
  9. ↑ Livy 9:24 , 1-15.
  10. ^ Livy 9:25 , 1–9.
  11. ^ Livy 9:27, 3-28 , 2; Diodor 19, 76, 1f .; Triumphal Acts: InscrIt 13, 1, 70f.
  12. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 312 BC Chr .; see. Livy 9:29, 3-5.
personal data
SURNAME Sulpicius longus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Longus, Gaius sulpicius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 337, 323 and 314 BC BC, censor 319 BC BC, dictator 312 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 337 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 312 BC Chr.