Spurius Larcius

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Reconstruction of the presumed siege of Rome in 508 BC BC (Spurius Larcius on the right wing)

According to legend, Spurius Larcius Flavus from the Gens Larcia was born in 506 and 490 BC. BC Roman consul . His counterparts are said to have been Titus Herminius Aquilinus and Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus .

The identity of Larcius is not certain, as he is carried under different names in his first consulate: As one of the consuls for 506, Titus Livius and Dionysius of Halicarnassus specify a Sp. Larcius , while the Fasti Capitolini, the officials of this year, is given as Rufus and Aquilinus . His second consulate is only mentioned in Dionysius and in some surviving consuls lists, while it is not mentioned in Livius and Cassiodorus .

The more recent annals puts Larcius in connection with different events of his time. In 508 he is said to have fought together with Horatius Cocles and Titus Herminius against Porsenna , where he is said to have been one of the last defenders of the Pons Sublicius . He is also said to have taken part in a battle against the Etruscans at the side of his official colleague and procured grain supplies. Dionysius also mentions him in connection with the dictatorship of Titus Larcius and his departure into the Latin war . Spurius was "off to [been] to protect the city, and [...] [remained] together with the elders within the city walls." Because of this formulation is sometimes assumed that spurius Larcius at that time de facto as prefect officiated have. In addition, Dionysius counts him with his counterpart in the second consulate to the five consulars sent to Coriolanus and finally declares him to be Interrex , who in 482 BC. The Comitia should have held.

Robert Werner considers Spurius Larcius to be a historical figure. He argues that the gentile name is of Etruscan origin and that the Larcians only played an important role in the early phase of the republic, so that it is unlikely that influential representatives of the family "invented" the consul Spurius Larcius Flavus in later times. However, Werner dates Spurius Larcius - like Titus Herminius - to the late royal period, so that the offices of Larcius would have to be deleted in the early phase of the republic.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York (NY) 1951, pp. 6 and 18 (reprinted unchanged 1968).
  2. ↑ Livy 2,15,1.
  3. ↑ Dionysius 5:36, 1.
  4. ↑ Dionysios 7,68,1.
  5. ↑ Livy 2,10,6 f .; Dionysios 5,23,2 ff .; 5.24.1; Plutarch , Poplicola 16.6.
  6. ↑ Livy 2: 11, 7-10.
  7. ↑ Dionysius 5,26,3.
  8. ↑ Dionysios 5,75,4. Translation after: Dionysius of Halicarnass: Roman early history. Translated by Nicolas Wiater. Volume 2: Books 4 to 6 (= Library of Greek Literature . Volume 85). Anton Hiersemann, Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-7772-1803-8 , p. 322.
  9. ^ Sebastian Ruciński, Praefectus Urbi. Le Gardien de l'ordre public à Rome sous le Haut-Empire Romain , Poznań 2009, p. 219.
  10. ↑ Dionysios 8.22.4.
  11. ↑ Dionysios 8.90.5; see also: T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York (NY) 1951, p. 23 (reprinted unchanged 1968).
  12. ^ Robert Werner : The beginning of the Roman republic. Historical-chronological studies of the early days of the libera res publica. R. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1963, p. 267 (at the same time: habilitation paper, University of Munich 1960).
personal data
SURNAME Larcius, Spurius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Larcius Flavus, Spurius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul (506 BC and 490 BC)
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.
Place of death uncertain: Rome