Lucius Sicinius Vellutus
Lucius Sicinius Vellutus | |
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Tribune of the Roman Republic | |
Reign | 493 BC |
Lucius Sicinius Vellutus was a leading
Sicinia
.
In 494 and 493 BC, during a period of
tribunes. Sicinius was elected one of the first tribunes, holding office for the consular year 493 BC.[1]
The perceived success of the secession led by Sicinius became a precedent that inspired at least four later plebeian protests called secessio plebis. Taken together, this period of social conflict during the early history of the Roman Republic is generally referred to as the Conflict of the Orders. Sicinius also appears as a character in
Shakespeare's play Coriolanus
, which concerns the events of 493 BC.
References
- Ab urbe condita, 2.32-33