Lucius Sergius Fidenas (Consul 437 BC)

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Lucius Sergius Fidenas was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC. And belonged to the patrician gens Sergia . He was consul twice , 437 BC. With Marcus Geganius Macerinus and 429 BC. BC with Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus , and three times consular tribune (433, 424 and 418 BC).

His full name is passed down in the Fasti Capitolini and in Titus Livius , in Diodor only in one place, otherwise Diodor only mentions Sergius Fidenas without cognomen . The cognomen seems to be historical, Livy connects its origin with the war against Fidenae . The assumption by Robert Maxwell Ogilvie that the cognomen "Fidenas" leads to the conclusion that the gens comes from the city of Fidenae is extremely speculative.

In 428 BC It is said that Sergius Fidenas, together with Quintus Servilius Priscus Fidenas and Mamercus Aemilius, investigated Fidenae's participation in Veji's campaign against Rome.

His victory in the first consulate in 437 BC And the defeat of a Roman army under his leadership against the Aequer in 418 BC. BC can probably be viewed as historical.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic . Volume 1: 509 BC-100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Number 15, Volume 1). Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland / Ohio 1951, Unchanged Reprint 1968, pp. 58 f., 62, 65, 68 and 72.
  2. ^ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita IV, 17.7; IV, 25.2; IV, 30.4; IV, 35.4; IV, 45.4.
  3. ↑ Diodor, Bibliothéke historiké XII, 73.1.
  4. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita IV, 17.7.
  5. ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie: Early Rome And The Etruscans . 2nd edition, Williams Collins Sons & Co, Glasgow 1979, p. 142 f.
  6. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita IV, 30: 5-6.
  7. ^ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita IV, 17.8; IV, 46.5; for the historicity of the events see: Friedrich Münzer : Sergius 25. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswwissenschaft (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, Col. 1711 f.

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SURNAME Sergius Fidenas, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fidenas, Lucius Sergius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 437 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.