Titus Veturius Calvinus

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Titus Veturius Calvinus lived in the 4th century BC. BC and was probably originally a Roman patrician from the gens of the Veturians . Presumably he changed to the plebeian class ( transitio ad plebem ) in order to probably secure the possibility of being elected to the tribune of the people . In contrast to an adoption, he retained his patrician gentile name.

In the years 334 and 321 BC Together with his colleague Spurius Postumius Albinus Caudinus, he held the consulate in the Roman Republic . During his first consulate, he brought about the deduction of the Cales colony . Together with Postumius Albinus, he lost the battle of the Kaudin passes in his second term as general in the second Samnite War by giving up without a fight. This humiliating defeat of the Romans resulted, on the one hand, in the premature resignation of the consuls and, on the other hand, in their later extradition to the Samnites, because the negotiated terms of surrender were not accepted by the Senate .

Since the Samnites did not accept the extradition, Titus Veturius Calvinus probably returned to Rome without ever becoming politically active again. Only his later descendant Lucius Veturius Philo succeeded in 220 BC. BC to take up the consulate as a member of the Veturians.

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  1. ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita 8, 16, 13f.
  2. ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita 9, 8ff .; among others
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SURNAME Calvinus, Titus Veturius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 334 BC BC, 321 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC Chr.