Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 494 BC)
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus | |
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Died | 486 BC? |
Nationality | Roman |
Office | Consul (494 BC) |
Children | Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 469 BC) |
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (fl. c. 494–486 BC) was a Roman Republican politician and general of the gens Verginia. He served as a Roman consul in 494 BC together with Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus.
Family Origins
Caeliomontanus is the name of one of the families of the gens Verginia. Almost all the members of this branch of the family were named Tricostus and the Caeliomontanus name was without a doubt taken from the fact that the family originally came from the
Consulship
During his consulship, Verginius and his colleague Veturius were faced with the popular unrest which led to a
A number of military threats emerged, and Verginius was assigned three
After the armies returned to Rome, the dictator resigned his office in disgust at the senate's unwillingness to reach a compromise with the people. Then, on the pretext of some renewed hostilities by the
Events of 486 BC
Aulus, or possibly his brother Titus, is listed by Festus, who in conjecture with the writings of Valerius Maximus, makes it possible that Verginius was one of the military tribunes in 486 BC who was burned at the Circus Maximus by Publius Mucius Scaevola for conspiring with the consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus.[5][6][7]
See also
- List of Roman Republican consuls
- Roman Republic
- Verginia gens
- First secessio plebis
References
- Ab urbe condita, 2.28-30
- ^ Livy, 2.30
- ^ Livy, 2.32
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.15. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, vi.69.3,81.1-82.1
- ^ Festus 180 L
- ^ Valerius Maximus, vi. 3.2
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.21 (see note 1)