Tiberius Sempronius Longus (Consul 194 BC)

Tiberius Sempronius Longus († 174 BC ) was a politician of the Roman Republic and consul in 194 BC. Chr.

The son of the consul of the same name from the year 218 BC. BC already clothed at a young age from 210 BC The sacred offices of an augur and a decemvir sacris faciundis . He was a tribune of the people in 200 BC. BC and curular aedile 198 BC From 197 to 194 BC BC Sempronius was one of the Tresviri who founded colonies in Campania and Lucania . 196 and 195 BC He was governor in the province of Sardinia as praetor or propaetor . During his consulate in 194 BC Sempronius emphasized the precedence of the senators by assigning prominent seats at the games. In northern Italy he is said to have fought a battle against the Boier and, according to Titus Livius , continued to fight as a legate or with his own empire in the following year . Presumably as a legacy he also took 191 BC. At the fight against Antiochus III. part. Sempronius applied in 184 BC. Around the censorship , but was subject to the older Cato . Ten years later he died of an epidemic.

literature

Walter Eder : Sempronius I 12. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 100 f.
Friedrich Münzer : Sempronius 67). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II A, 2, Stuttgart 1923, Sp. 1433-1435.
Tassilo Schmitt : Sempronius [I 18]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Sempronius Longus, Tiberius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Longus, Tiberius Sempronius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 194 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	174 BC Chr.

[1] Titus Livius 27: 6, 15-16 .

[2] Livy 32, 29, 3-4 .

[3] Livy 35: 5, 1 .

[4] Livy 35, 8, 6 .

[5] Livy 41:21, 8 .