Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus (Consul 229 BC)

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Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus was a member of the Roman plebeian family of the Fulvians and held 229 BC. The consulate in which he successfully fought against the Illyrian queen Teuta .

Life

According to the Fasti Capitolini and Triumphal Acts, Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus had a father and grandfather of the same name. Accordingly, in the opinion of the ancient historian Friedrich Münzer, he was more of a grandson than a son of the consul of 298 BC. BC, Gnaeus Fulvius Maximus Centumalus .

Of the political career of Fulvius only his consulate is known, which he 229 BC. BC reached together with Lucius Postumius Albinus . Because Teuta, the tribal queen of the Illyrian Ardiaier out pirate-like plunder and conquest against Greek coastal towns, not spared Italic traders and members of a Roman embassy complaint had been rebuffed, it has been declared on the part of Rome the war. In the first Illyrian War that followed , Fulvius and his colleague took over leadership during his consulate.

When Fulvius appeared off Korkyra with 200 warships , Teuta's governor of this island, Demetrios of Pharos , passed to him. The islanders placed themselves under Roman protection. Then the consul went with Demetrios to Apollonia , where his colleague had meanwhile sailed from Brundisium with the land army consisting of 20,000 infantrymen and 2,000 cavalrymen . The two consuls united their forces in Apollonia, which joined them, forced the lifting of the Illyrian siege of Epidamnos and then advanced on Illyrian territory. They subjugated the majority of the Ardiaians, received statements of allegiance from envoys of the Parthines and Atintans and finally came to Issa to relieve this island besieged by Teuta. The Illyrian queen fled to the heavily fortified Rhizon and had to accept the harsh Roman peace conditions the next year. While Postumius spent the winter of 229/228 BC Chr. Stayed with 40 ships in Illyria, after the successful campaign before the beginning of winter, Fulvius sailed with most of his warships back to Italy and, according to the testimony of the Triumphal Acts, was allowed to go on June 21, 228 BC. To hold a sea ​​triumph over the people of the Illyrians that he had defeated.

The further fate of Fulvius is unknown.

literature

Remarks

  1. ^ Friedrich Münzer: Fulvius 42). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 235.
  2. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Polybios 2, 11, 1 and 2, 12, 1; Florus 1, 21, 4; among others
  3. ↑ Main source Polybios 2, 11, 1 - 2, 12, 1; see. also Cassius Dio , fragment 49, 5ff .; Appian , Illyrica 7; Florus 1, 21, 4; Orosius 4, 13, 2; among others
personal data
SURNAME Fulvius Centumalus, Gnaeus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 229 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.