Titus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus

Titus Romilius Rocus Vaticanus (* around 490 BC; † after 451 BC) was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC. Chr.

Vaticanus came from a Roman patrician family , which, however, rarely appeared historically. Nevertheless, the gens Romilia must have played an important role in the early history of the Roman Republic, as a tribus, the Romilia , was named after it and this tribe was the first of the tribus rusticae to vote at the tribal assemblies . According to the consular fasts, both his father and grandfather were named Titus.

In 455 BC He was elected consul together with Gaius Veturinus Cicurinus and, according to tradition, fought against the Aequer during his consulate . At the end of his term in office, he and his colleague were allegedly accused by the plebeian aedile Lucius Alienus of their administration and sentenced to fines.

In 451 BC Vaticanus is still mentioned as a member of the Decemviri , but nothing else is known about him. There are good reasons to suggest that Titus Romilius existed as a person and that he was a member of the College of the Decemviri.

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas Alföldi : Early Rome and the Latiner . Translated from English by Frank Kolb. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1977, pp. 274f
^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland / Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), p. 42
^ Robert Werner : The beginning of the Roman republic. Historical-chronological studies of the early days of the libera res publica. Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 1963, pp. 280–282.

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Titus Livius , Roman History , 3.31–36.

personal data
SURNAME	Romilius Rocus Vaticanus, Titus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rocus Vaticanus, Titus Romilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 455 BC BC, Decemvir 451 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	around 490 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 451 BC Chr.

[1] Andreas Alföldi : Early Rome and the Latiner . Translated from English by Frank Kolb. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1977, pp. 274f

[2] T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Cleveland / Ohio: Case Western Reserve University Press, 1951. Reprinted unchanged 1968. (Philological Monographs. Ed. Of the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, Part 1), p. 42

[3] Robert Werner : The beginning of the Roman republic. Historical-chronological studies of the early days of the libera res publica. Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 1963, pp. 280–282.