Titus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus (Consul 496 BC)

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Titus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus is a figure of the early Roman Republic and presumed consul of the year 496 BC. His counterpart was Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis .

His Cognomina Tricostus Caelimontanus appear inconsistently in the sources and are completely absent from Livius and Dionysius , which is why his affiliation with the Verginii Tricosti branch is doubtful.

According to Livius, his colleague Postumius is said to have resigned from his consulate and been appointed dictator because he doubted the credibility of Verginius. Dionysius does not provide any information about the background, but reports that the older Verginius had appointed his colleague as dictator, who then chose Titus Aebutius Helva as magister equitum . Deviating from Livy, Dionysius relocates the battle at Lake Regillus to the consulate of Verginius and Postumius. There, in addition to the generals Aulus Postumius, Titus Aebutius and Aulus Sempronius , Verginius commanded the fourth part of the Roman army and prevented the advance of the Latins with his camp. In the battle he led the right wing of the Roman army and thus stood directly across from Sextus Tarquinius .

Whether the Verginius, who next to Opiter Verginius Tricostus 487 BC Fell in the fight against the Volscians, with the consul of the year 496 BC. Or with Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus , consul 494 BC Chr., Is identical, remains open.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Vol. 1: 509 BC - 100 BC Case Western Reserve University Press, Cleveland / Ohio 1951. Unchanged reprint 1968. (= Philological Monographs. Ed. By the American Philological Association. Vol. 15, part 1), p. 12
  2. ↑ Livy II 21, 3, 4
  3. ↑ Dionysius VI 2, 3
  4. ↑ Dionysius VI 4, 3
personal data
SURNAME Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus, Titus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Verginius, Titus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 496 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.