Publius Aelius Paetus (Consul 337 BC)

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Publius Aelius Paetus was a Roman politician in the 4th century BC. He came from the plebeian family of the Aelians . Together with Gaius Sulpicius Longus he was in 337 BC. Chr. Consul . He was the first of his sex to achieve the highest office in the state. According to the tradition handed down by the Roman historian Titus Livius , the war against the Sidicin people fell to Aelius . In the year 321 the dictator comitiis habendis Quintus Fabius Ambustus appointed him Magister equitum . Shortly afterwards, the election of Fabius Ambustus as dictator was declared invalid by the Senate . The adoption of the Lex Ogulnia enabled Publius Aelius Paetus to have him in 300 BC. Was elected to the first five Augurs from the Plebs (augures de plebe) .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Livy 8:15, 1; Diodorus 17, 17,1 incorrectly mentions Lucius Papirius Crassus , the consul of 336 BC. Chr .; see also: 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. 138 f., (Unchanged reprint 1968).
  2. ↑ Livy 8:15 ; Diodorus 17, 29.
  3. ^ Livy 9, 7, 13.
  4. ^ Livy 10: 9, 2.

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SURNAME Aelius Paetus, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paetus, Publius Aelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician, consul 337 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 300 BC Chr.