Publius Cornelius Cethegus (Consul 181 BC)

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Publius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman politician and member of the branch of Cetheger the assets of Cornelier .

He was in 187 BC. Chr. Curule aedile and two years later Praetor . The high point in Cethegus' career was the consulate at the side of his counterpart Marcus Baebius Tamphilus in 181 BC. Together they passed the first law against stealth ( ambitus ) in Roman history. In the year after his consulate, Cethegus was proconsul in Liguria and Samnium . 173 BC He belonged to a commission for the distribution of conquered land ( Decemvir agris dandis assignandis ).

literature

  • 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. 383-387.

Remarks

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1. 1951, pp. 383-387.
  2. ^ Livy 42, 4.
personal data
SURNAME Cornelius Cethegus, Publius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cethegus, Publius Cornelius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 181 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 173 BC Chr.