Postumus Cominius

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Postumus Cominius Auruncus was in the years 501 and 493 BC. BC Roman consul . In ancient historiography he often appears only as Postumus Cominius . He was the only patrician from the gens Cominia .

According to Roman tradition , the Volscar War connected with the Coriolanus legend is transferred to the second consulate of Cominius, who appears as a general. According to Dionysius , he is said to be 497 BC. Consecrated the temple of Saturnus and 488 BC. With four other ambassadors to meet Coriolanus.

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This article was based on Pauly-Wissowa from 1899 and therefore reflects the state of research at that time.

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, pp. 9 f. and pp. 14-16, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
  2. ↑ Cicero , Balbus 53; De re publica II 57; Livy 2,18,1; Dionysios 5,50,1; 6.49.1; Cassiodor 91.1.
  3. ↑ Dionysios 6,1,4.
  4. ↑ Dionysios 8.22.4.
personal data
SURNAME Cominius, Postumus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cominius Auruncus, Postumus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 501 and 493 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.
Place of death uncertain: Rome