Lucius Veturius Philo
Lucius Veturius Philo lived in the 3rd century BC. And was a Roman patrician from the gens of the Veturians . He was a descendant of the two-time consular Titus Veturius Calvinus , whose political career followed the humiliating defeat against the Samnites in 321 BC. Had come to an abrupt end.
In 220 BC After more than a hundred years in which none of the Veturians had held a high office , Lucius Veturius Philo was the first descendant to hold the consulate in the Roman Republic . Together with his colleague Gaius Lutatius Catulus , he led the campaign against the Celts in Northern Italy.
After a year of the Second Punic War , Lucius Veturius Philo was born in 217 BC. Chr. Allegedly intended to be the dictator for holding elections, but due to an unspecified formal error in his election he had to resign his office after fourteen days. The supposed exercise of this function is likely to be unhistorical.
Lucius Veturius Philo died in 210 BC. BC, shortly after his appointment as censor , without having performed an official business as such. After all, he had persuaded Marcus Livius Salinator to return to politics.
literature
- Rudolf Hanslik : Veturius I.10. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1241.
Remarks
- ↑ Johannes Zonaras , Epitome Historion 8,20,10.
- ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 22,33,11 f. (German translation)
- ^ Veturius [I 7]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 156.
- ↑ Livy, Ab urbe condita 27: 6, 17 f. (German translation) and 27.34.6.
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| SURNAME | Veturius Philo, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 220 BC BC, dictator 217 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 210 BC Chr. |