Lucius Sicinius Vellutus

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Lucius Sicinius Vellutus
Tribune of the Roman Republic
Reign493 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

  1. Ab urbe condita
    , 2.32-33