Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus (Consul 240 BC)
Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus was a member of the Roman noble family of the Sempronians and was born in 240 BC. Chr. Consul and 230 BC Chr. Censor .
From the Fasti Capitolini it emerges that Tuditanus' father had the praenomen Gaius and his grandfather the prenomen Marcus .
Only the two most important stages of Tuditanus' political career are known: He reached the consulate in 240 BC. BC (his fellow consul was Gaius Claudius Centho ); a decade later (230 BC) he was censor and exercised this office together with Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus , who later went down in history as a "procrastinator" due to his hesitant but successful tactics in the fight against Hannibal .
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Sempronius 93). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, column 1443.
Remarks
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini : Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus C. f. M n.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ; Cicero , Brutus 72; Cato maior de senectute 50; Tusculanae disputationes 1, 3; Gellius 17, 21, 42; among others
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sempronius Tuditanus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tuditanus, Marcus Sempronius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and censor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |