Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (Consul 464 BC)

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According to tradition, Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus was a Roman consul in 464 BC. Together with Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis .

Spurius Furius is mentioned in the tradition of Livius with the cognomen "Fusus", in Diodorus the cognomen "Medullinus" is found. It is believed that he carried both cognomina. Dionysius of Halicarnassus calls the false prenom Servius .

For the year 464 BC BC Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus tell of a war between Rome and the Acres and Volscians . Livy probably used Valerius Antias as a source. In the course of the war, Spurius Furius is said to have suffered a defeat in the area of ​​the herniae ; he is said to have been locked up in the camp with his army and injured. His brother Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus , the consul of the year 472 BC. Chr., Was killed in an attempt to break out. Finally, a relief army under Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus was able to save Furius' army. These details, which can be traced back to the late Republican annalists, are believed by scholars to be implausible.

According to Dionysius, Spurius Furius was 453 BC. BC became a suffect consul as a substitute for the various consul Sextus Quinctilius Varus , but died of the plague like him .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Volume 1. 1951, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Livy 3, 4, 1.
  3. ↑ Diodorus 11,78,1.
  4. ↑ a b Friedrich Münzer : Furius 71). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 357.
  5. ↑ Dionysius of Halicarnassus 9,62,1; 9.62.3; 9.66.1.
  6. ↑ Livy 3,4,1 - 3,5,15.
  7. ↑ Dionysios 9.62.1 - 9.66.4.
  8. ↑ Livius 3: 5,6-7 and Dionysius of Halicarnassus 9,63,7-9,64,1.
  9. ↑ Livy 3: 8-9 and Dionysius of Halicarnassus 9,64,3-4.
  10. ↑ Dionysius 10.53.6; see. Livy 3,32,4.

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personal data
SURNAME Furius Medullinus Fusus, Spurius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Medullinus Fusus, Spurius Furius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.