Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio (Consul)

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Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio was a Roman senator and politician. He belonged to the important Cornelier family .

In 270 BC Blasio held the Roman consulate at the side of Gaius Genucius Clepsina , who was consul for the second time . As consul he triumphed over the city of Rhegion according to the acts of triumph and was honored with a triumph for it . The ancient writers Orosius and Dionysios of Halicarnassus , on the other hand, attribute the victory in Rhegion to his colleague Clepsina. 265 BC He became at the side of Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus Censor . 257 BC Together with Gaius Atilius Regulus he became consul a second time.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orosius, Historae adversus paganos 4,3,5; Dionysius of Halicarnassus 20,16,1. See Paulus Orosius: The ancient world history from a Christian perspective. Translated and explained by Adolf Lippold , introduced by Carl Andresen . Volume 1, Artemis-Verlag, Zurich / Munich 1985, ISBN 3-7608-3667-4 , p. 288, note on Orosius 4,3,5.
  2. ↑ For his offices see: T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Volume 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 198, pp. 202, pp. 207 f. (unaltered reprint 1968).

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SURNAME Cornelius Blasio, Gnaeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blasio, Gnaeus Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul (270 BC, 257 BC) and senator
DATE OF BIRTH before 270 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 258 BC Chr.