Quintus Aelius Paetus (Consul 167 BC)
Quintus Aelius Paetus was a plebeian politician of the Roman Republic who belonged to the Aelier family and was in office in 167 BC. As consul .
According to the Fasti Capitolini , the father of Quintus Aelius Paetus used the prenomen Publius , while his grandfather also used the prenomen Quintus . Accordingly, he was a son of the consul from 201 BC. BC, Publius Aelius Paetus .
Quintus Aelius Paetus may have clothed himself in 177 BC. The office of a tribune of the people . After his father in 174 BC Chr. Succumbed to the plague , he took over the priesthood of an augur . 170 BC BC he held the post of praetor . He reached the climax of his course honorum in 167 BC. When he rose to consul with Marcus Iunius Pennus . As a province he was assigned Gallia cisalpina . Both plebeian consuls were supposed to fight the Ligurians , but achieved no success.
The further fate of Paetus is unknown.
literature
- Elimar Klebs : Aelius 104 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 526 f.
Remarks
- ^ A b Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Aelius [I 10]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , column 170.
- ^ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 41, 21, 8.
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 167 BC Chr .; Livy, Ab urbe condita 45, 16, 1; Marcus Tullius Cicero , Brutus 109; among others
- ↑ Livy, Ab urbe condita 45, 16, 3; 45, 17, 6; 45, 44, 1.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Aelius Paetus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paetus, Quintus Aelius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 167 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 167 BC Chr. |