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Aulus Cornelius Cossus
__NOTOC__ Aulus Cornelius Cossus was a Roman general in the early Republic. He is famous for being the second Roman, after Romulus, to be awarded the '' spolia opima,'' Rome's highest military honour, for killing the commander of an enemy army in single combat. Only three Romans ever achieved this feat, but a fourth winner was officially denied the honour by a jealous Consul Caesar Octavianus (later Augustus) who insisted the honour was limited exclusively to Roman commanders. Cornelius Cossus proved otherwise. The achievement happened at the Battle of Fidenae in 437 BC when Rome faced the forces of Fidenae (a Roman colony in revolt) allied with both the Falerii and Veii, among Rome's most long-standing and powerful enemies. The Romans fought under the command of Dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus; the enemy fought under the command of King Lars Tolumnius of Veii. According to Livy's account, the "remarkably handsome" cavalry officer Cornelius Cossus identified the king du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulus Cornelius Cossus Doodt Lars Tolumnius A
Aulus (abbreviated A.) is one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome. The name was traditionally connected with Latin ''aula'', ''olla'', "palace", but this is most likely a false etymology. ''Aulus'' in fact probably derives from Etruscan ''Avle'', ''Avile'', meaning "age/year" or "life". Aulus may refer to: * Aulus Agerius or Numerius Negidius (a name for the plaintiff in a lawsuit) * Aulus Atilius Calatinus * Aulus Avilius Flaccus * Aulus Ofilius * Aulus Caecina Alienus * Aulus Caecina Severus (suffect consul 1 BC) * Aulus Caecina Severus (writer) * Aulus Cornelius Celsus * Aulus Cornelius Cossus * Aulus Cremutius Cordus * Aulus Didius Gallus * Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento * Aulus Gabinius * Aulus Gellius * Aulus Hirtius - consul after Caesar * Aulus Licinius Archias * Aulus Licinius Nerva Silianus * Aulus Metellus or Aule Metele * Aulus Paulinus - fictional governor of Britain in Chelmsford 123 * Aulus Persius Flaccus * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of The Horse
Master of the Horse is an official position in several European nations. It was more common when most countries in Europe were monarchies, and is of varying prominence today. (ancient Rome) The original Master of the Horse () in the Roman Republic was an office appointed and dismissed by the Roman Dictator, and expired with the Dictator's own office, typically a term of six months in the early and mid-republic. The served as the Dictator's main lieutenant. The Dictator nominated the , unless a specified, as was sometimes the case, the appointee. The Dictator could not rule without a to assist him, and, consequently, if the first either died or was dismissed during the Dictator's term, another had to be nominated in his stead. The was granted a form of , but at the same level as a , and thus was subject to the of the Dictator and his powers were not superior to those of a Consul. In the Dictator's absence, the became his representative, and exercised the same powers as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulus Sempronius Atratinus (consular Tribune 425 BC)
Aulus Sempronius Atratinus was a consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 425, 420, 416 BC and possibly consul in 428 BC. Sempronius belonged to the patrician branch of the Sempronia gens. He was the son of Lucius Sempronius Atratinus, consul in 444 BC and one of the first censors of the Republic. Gaius Sempronius Atratinus, consul in 423 BC and a contemporary relative was probably a cousin (son of Aulus Sempronius Atratinus) or a younger brother. Career In 428 or 427 BC Sempronius held the consulship together with Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. This consulship is dubious as it is only mentioned by Diodorus Siculus and is placed in-between the consuls of 428, Aulus Cornelius Cossus and Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus, and the consuls of 427 BC, Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala and Lucius Papirius Mugillanus. It is possible that they were suffect consuls replacing the college of 428 BC or that all four consuls mentioned in 428 were consular tribunes. All events described b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Postumius Albinus Regillensis
Marcus Postumius Albinus Regillensis was an ancient Roman politician belonging to the patrician Postumia gens. His father and grandfather were both named Aulus, possibly identifying his father or grandfather as Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis, consul in 464 BC. Publius Postumius Albinus Regillensis, consular tribune in 414 BC, was most likely his brother. Postumius relationship to later Postumii Albini remains unknown as filiations are missing from the consular tribunes and consuls of 397, 394 and 334 BC. Career In 426 BC Postumius was elected together with Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus, Gaius Furius Pacilus Fusus and Aulus Cornelius Cossus as consular tribune. The year saw war against the Veii and Fidenae which resulted in the appointment of a dictator, Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus. Postumius and his colleague Quinctius served under the dictator, probably as ''legatus'', while his other colleague Cornelius was appointed as ''magister equitum''. The last colleag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Papirius Mugillanus (consul 427 BC)
Lucius Papirius Mugillanus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 427 BC, consular tribune in 422 BC and censor in 418 BC. Papirius belonged to the patrician Papiria gens. He was the son of Lucius Papirius Mugillanus, consul suffect in 444 and censor in 443 BC. Marcus Papirius Mugillanus, consul in 418 BC, would have been a younger brother or son of Papirius, while later Papirii Mugillani, such as Lucius Papirius Mugillanus, consular tribune in 382 BC, should probably be considered grandchildren or grand-nephews. Career In 427 BC Papirius held the consulship together with Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala. Nothing is known of the events during their consulship.Chronograph of 354 Five years later, in 422 BC, Papirius would again reach the ''imperium'', this time as a consular tribune together with Lucius Manlius Capitolinus and Quintus Antonius Merenda. There is little recorded of the actions of the consular college, but the year saw a large trial being held against the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Servilius Axilla
Gaius Servilius Axilla (or Servilius Structus; 427–417 BC) was a Roman aristocrat and statesman during the early Republic. He held the senior executive offices of consul in 427 BC and consular tribune in 419, 418 and 417 BC. He also served as master of the horse (''magister equitum''), or deputy, to the dictator Quintus Servilius Priscus Fidenas in 418 BC, when the latter had been appointed to wage war against the Aequi. Conflicting traditions Ancient sources present confused and conflicting accounts of the identity of Servilius and the offices he held. In the tradition of the ''Fasti Capitolini'', a list of Roman magistrates compiled during the rule of emperor Augustus, one single person, Servilius Axilla, held the offices of consul in 427 BC, consular tribune in 419–417 and ''magister equitum'' in 418. In the histories of Livy and Diodoros, there is no mention of any Servilius as tribune in 419 BC. For 418, Livy gives the tribune no surname at all and identifies him as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titus Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus
Titus Quinctius Poenus (or Pennus) Cincinnatus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 431 and 428 BC and a consular tribune in 426 BC. He might have been consular tribune again in 420 BC. Quinctius belonged to the powerful Quinctia gens and was the son of one of the early republic's most famous figures, the twice appointed dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. He was probably the younger brother of Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, consular tribune in 431 BC. Filiations indicate that he is the father of Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus, consular tribune in 388 BC. Career Quinctius was elected consul in 431 BC together with Gaius Julius Mento. Escalations of Rome's war with the Aequi and Volsci led to the appointment of a dictator, Aulus Postumius Tubertus, who successfully defeated their combined forces at Mount Algidus. Quinctius held the command of one of the legions under the dictator, while his colleague Julius remained in the city.''Chronograph of 354'' Quinctius w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roman Republican Consuls
This is a list of Roman consul, consuls known to have held office, from the beginning of the Roman Republic to the latest use of the title in Roman Empire, Imperial times, together with those magistrates of the Republic who were appointed in place of consuls, or who superseded consular authority for a limited period. Background Republican consuls From the establishment of the Republic to the time of Augustus, the consuls were the chief Roman magistrate, magistrates of the Roman state. Traditionally, two were simultaneously appointed for a year-long term, so that the executive power of the state was not vested in a single individual, as it had been under the Kings of Rome, kings. As other ancient societies dated historical events according to the reigns of their kings, it became customary at Rome to date events by the names of the consuls in office when the events occurred, rather than (for instance) by counting the number of years ab urbe condita, since the foundation of the city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus
Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 429 BC. Lucretius belonged to the ancient patrician Lucretia gens whose ancestors had been among the first consuls of the Republic. Lucretius was (presumably) the son of Lucius Lucretius Tricipitinus, consul in 462 BC, and the father of Publius Lucretius Tricipitinus, consular tribune in 419 BC. Diodorus Siculus has his praenomen as Opiter, while both Livy and Cassiodorus has him named Hostus.Livy, ''Ab Urbe Condita,'' iv, 30.4Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca historica,'' xii, 73.1Cassiodorus, ''Chronica'' Career Lucretius was elected consul in 429 BC together with Lucius Sergius Fidenas. This was the second consulship of Sergius and third time he held the ''imperium''. The two classical scholars R. S. Conway and C. F. Walters proposed that the events described by Livy for the year 428 BC should be ascribed to 429 BC. The events described by Livy include raids by the Veientane on Roman territory, the app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Sergius Fidenas
Lucius Sergius Fidenas was a Roman politician during the 5th century BC, and was elected consul in 437 and 429 BC. In 433, 424, and 418 BC he was military tribune with consular power. Family He was a member of the ''Sergii Fidenates'', a branch of the ''gens Sergia''. His complete name was ''Lucius Sergius C.f. C.n. Fidenas''. Career In 437 BC, Sergius was elected consul with Marcus Geganius Macerinus. The year before, Fidenae had revolted against Rome and joined Lars Tolumnius, king of the Veientians. Roman ambassadors Gaius Fulcinius, Tullus Cloelius, Spurius Antius, and Lucius Roscius were sent to Fidenae, and were put to death by order of king Tolumnius. Statues of the ambassadors were set up in the rostra at the public's expense. This began the second war between Rome and Veii, which marked the first time that Rome defeated the army of king Tolumnius on their side of the river Anio, but with heavy losses. For his accomplishments in the war, Sergius earned the ''cognomen Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Everitt
Anthony Everitt (born 31 January 1940)EVERITT, Anthony Michael ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 is a British author. He publishes regularly in '''' and ''''. He worked in literature and visual arts. He was of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton
Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, FBA (; 17 February 1900 – 17 September 1993) was a Canadian classical scholar and leading Latin prosopographer of the twentieth century. He is especially noted for his definitive three-volume work, '' Magistrates of the Roman Republic'' (1951-1986). Life and career Broughton was born in 1900 in Corbetton, Ontario. He attended Victoria College at the University of Toronto. There he received a B.A. in 1921 with honors in classics. He earned his M.A. in 1922. After studying at the University of Chicago, he was made a Rogers Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where he received a Ph.D. in Latin in 1928, having studied under the famed ancient historian Tenney Frank (1876-1939). He began his teaching career at Victoria College, Toronto. Broughton would go on to teach at Amherst College, Bryn Mawr College (1928-1965) and, later, serve as George L. Paddison Professor of Latin at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1965-1971), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |