Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus ( 490–488 BC) was a Roman politician, and

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states thro ...

in 490 BC.

Family

He was a member of the ''

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Sulpicia Sulpicia is believed to be the author, in the first century BCE, of six short poems (some 40 lines in all) written in Latin which were published as part of the corpus of Albius Tibullus's poetry (poems 3.13-18). She is one of the few female poets ...

'', specifically he was among the Sulpicii Camerini. His father

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(consul 500 BC) was the first consul of the ''Sulpicii'', which may have taken its name from the town of Cameria or Camerium in

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, and his son

was consul in 461 BC, and decemvir in 451 BC.

Career

In 490 BC, Cornutus was consul with

Spurius Larcius Spurius Larcius (surnamed Flavus or Rufus; 509–482 BC) was one of the leading men of the early Roman Republic, of which he was twice consul. However, his greatest fame was won as one of the defenders of the Sublician bridge against the army ...

Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dionysius of Halicarnassus (, ; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary style was ''atticistic'' – imitating Classical Attic Greek in its prime. ...

ascribes many odd occurrences to their consulship, such as the birth of monstrosities, and people hearing voices. Then he tells of a pestilence that mostly killed cattle, but not many people. In 488 BC, the

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under

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marched on Rome and besieged the city. Cornutus, and his former colleague Lartius, were among the ambassadors sent to intercede with Coriolanus.;

, ''Romaike Archaiologia'', viii. 22.1-4

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