Lucius Furius Medullinus (Consul 474 BC)

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According to legendary tradition, Lucius Furius Medullinus was a Roman consul in 474 BC. Together with Aulus Manlius Vulso .

He is mentioned in the tradition of Titus Livius , Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Diodorus .

Both consuls are said to have opposed the implementation of Spurius Cassius' arable law during their term of office , although this was requested by the tribunes of the people . At the end of their term of office they were accused by the tribune of the people Gnaeus Genucius , but no trial had taken place because the prosecutor had been murdered before the trial began.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 28, (Reprinted unchanged 1968).
  2. ↑ Friedrich Münzer : Furius 64). In: Pauly's Realencyclopadie der classical antiquity. Volume 7: Fornax - Helikeia. Metzler, Stuttgart 1912, column 354.
  3. ^ Livius 2, 54,1, without cognomen .
  4. ↑ Dionysus of Halicarnassus 9, 36, 1, also without cognomen.
  5. ↑ Diodor 11, 63, 1, with Cognomen.
  6. ↑ Livy 2, 54, 1 - 55, 2 and Dionysius of Halicarnassus 9, 37, 2 - 38, 3.
personal data
SURNAME Furius Medullinus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medullinus, Lucius Furius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.