Tiberius Claudius Nero (Consul 202 BC)

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Tiberius Claudius Nero was a politician of the Roman Republic who came from the patrician family of the Claudians . In 202 BC He officiated as consul .

Life

Tiberius Claudius Nero was the son of a Publius Claudius Nero , grandson of a Tiberius Claudius Nero of the same name , great-grandson of the censor from 312 BC. BC, Appius Claudius Caecus , as well as cousin of the consul from 207 BC. BC, Gaius Claudius Nero . The first known office of his cursus honorum is the praetur , which he gave in 204 BC. BC, so in the late phase of the Second Punic War , dressed. In this function he stood with a legion in his province of Sardinia and sent grain from there for the soldiers of Publius Cornelius Scipio to North Africa.

202 BC Tiberius Claudius Nero reached the high point of his career by becoming consul with Marcus Servilius Pulex Geminus that year . He received Africa as a province and was supposed to cross over there with 50 ships in order to exercise supreme command against Hannibal together with Publius Cornelius Scipio . But he took a lot of time with the necessary armor, soon after departure with his fleet got into a violent storm and landed in Populonia , where he waited for the storm to abate. He then sailed via Elba and Corsica to Sardinia, where a new hurricane raged. His ships suffered severe damage and Claudius Nero finally docked in Caralis (today's Cagliari ). He had to get his ships repaired, but now the season was so advanced that winter was just around the corner. So the decisive battle of Zama took place without the participation of Claudius Nero. Since he did not get an extension of his empire , he had to bring his fleet back to Rome as a private person.

There is no tradition about the later life of Tiberius Claudius Nero, unless he is associated with the ambassador of the same name from 172 BC. Identified who visited Asia Minor and Rhodes on this mission .

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Titus Livius 29:11, 11; 29, 13, 2; 29, 13, 5; 29, 36, 1.
  2. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 202 BC. Chr .; Livy 30, 26, 1 and 30, 27, 1; among others
  3. ↑ Livy 30:27 , 1-5.
  4. ↑ Livy 30, 38, 6f. and 30, 39, 1ff.
  5. ↑ Polybios 27, 3, 1-6; Livy 42, 19, 7f; 42, 26, 7ff .; 42, 45, 1-7; to 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, p. 415, notes 4 and 5, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
personal data
SURNAME Claudius Nero, Tiberius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nero, Tiberius Claudius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 202 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 201 BC Chr.