Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus (Consul 494 BC)

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Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus is a figure of the early Roman Republic and presumed consul from 494 BC. His official colleague was Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus .

His name has been passed down in the following variants: T. Vetusius ( Livius II 28, 1 with incomplete Rhotazism ; from it Cassiodorus ), Τῖτος Οὐετούριος Γέμινος ( Dionysius of Halicarnassus VI 34, 1). The name does not appear in the Fasti Capitolini ; however, it is in the Chronicon Paschale and the Fasti Hydat. attested (there in a corrupted form: Vitellino III ).

The Cognomen Geminus ("twin") refers to his (presumed) twin brother Veturius Geminus Cicurinus , who in 499 BC. Was consul. His son of the same name was consul in 462 BC. BC, see Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus (consul 462 BC) .

As consul, he and his colleague elected Manius Valerius Maximus as dictator in order to force the people into military service. He set up ten legions, of which he himself commanded four and the consuls three each. Des Veturius' struggles against the Aequer are not historically tenable in their details. He is said to have driven them from Lazio, but failed in the counterattack on their positions in the mountains.

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), pp. 13f
  2. ↑ Livy II 30, 4 and Dionysius VI 39, 2
  3. ↑ Livy II 30, 9 and Dionysius VI 42, 1. 3

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personal data
SURNAME Veturius Geminus Cicurinus, Titus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vetusius, Titus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 494 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.