Titus Larcius

According to tradition, Titus Larcius Flavus or Rufus from the gens Larcia was born in the years 501 and 498 BC. BC Roman consul . His colleagues were Postumus Cominius and Quintus Cloelius Siculus . During his first consulate, he was named the first dictator of the Roman Republic .

The Cognomen Flavus can be found in Dionysios , Hydatius von Aquae Flaviae and in the Chronicon Paschale ; as well as the Cognomen Rufus in the chronograph from 354 . Livy calls him without cognomen, Cassiodor lists him as T. Largus .

His appointment as dictator is mentioned for the first time by Cicero in his work De re publica , which puts her into the ninth year after the kings were expelled, i.e. 501 or 500 BC. There is nothing definite about his dictatorship.

Tradition has it that Titus Larcius is closely associated with the consecration of the Temple of Saturn. Robert Werner sees in Larcius a "praetor maximus" of the royal times, who held no office during the republic.

Individual evidence

^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. 15, 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 9 f. and pp. 11 f., (Reprinted: Press of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 1968).
↑ Dionysios 5.59.1.
↑ Livy 2,18,1; 2.21.1.
↑ Livius 2.56: Dictator est institutus decem fere annis post primos consules T. Larcius.
↑ For a detailed explanation of this thesis see Robert Werner : The beginning of the roman republic. Historical-chronological studies of the early days of the libera res publica. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1963, p. 277, (at the same time: Munich, university, habilitation paper, 1960).

personal data
SURNAME	Larcius, Titus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Larcius Flavus, Titus; Larcius Rufus, Titus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul and dictator
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.

[1] T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. 15, 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 9 f. and pp. 11 f., (Reprinted: Press of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH 1968).

[2] Dionysios 5.59.1.

[3] Livy 2,18,1; 2.21.1.

[4] Livius 2.56: Dictator est institutus decem fere annis post primos consules T. Larcius.

[5] For a detailed explanation of this thesis see Robert Werner : The beginning of the roman republic. Historical-chronological studies of the early days of the libera res publica. Oldenbourg, Munich et al. 1963, p. 277, (at the same time: Munich, university, habilitation paper, 1960).