Publius Decius Mus (Consul 340 BC)
Publius Decius Mus († 340 BC on Vesuvius ?) Was a politician of the Roman Republic and arrived in 340 BC. As the first of his family to the consulate . His counterpart was Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus .
In 352 he was part of a commission ( quinqueviri mensarum ) to combat the indebtedness of the people. As a military tribune he is said to be 343 BC. BC have saved the Roman army surrounded by the Samnites . 340 BC He became consul. He achieved particular fame through his sacrificial death for Rome ( Devotio ) in the battle of Vesuvius against the Latins . But this should only be a transference from son to father; Tradition has it that the same self-sacrifice is ascribed to his son and grandson of the same name.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Decius I. 5. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 1410.
- Friedrich Münzer : Decius 15 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Col. 2279-2281.
Remarks
- ↑ Titus Livius , 7, 21.
- ↑ Titus Livius 7, 34-36.
- ↑ Livy 8: 3.5; Diodor 16.89; 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. 135-137, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
- ↑ Titus Livius 8: 9 .
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| SURNAME | Decius Mus, Publius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 340 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 340 BC Chr. |