Publius Cornelius Cethegus (Consul 181 BC)
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
- ^ T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1. 1951, pp. 383-387.
- ^ Livy 42, 4.
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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. |