Postumus Cominius Auruncus

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Postumus Cominius Auruncus
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus (consul 494 BC)
Succeeded byTitus Geganius Macerinus, Publius Minucius Augurinus
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
Died486 BC
Ancient Rome

Postumus Cominius Auruncus was a two-time consul of the early Roman Republic.

In 501 BC, Cominius was consul with

Latins and a conspiracy among slaves during their term.[4][5][3]

As the consuls of 493 BC, Cominius and

Cominius achieved a

In 488, he was among the envoys (legati), all of consular rank, sent to Coriolanus.[14][15]

A puzzling and textually incomplete passage in

Volscian Wars remains mysterious.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Ogilvie, Robert Maxwell (1965). Commentary on Livy, books 1–5. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 404, 405.
  2. ^ Livy 2.18.2–8
  3. ^ a b Broughton 1986, p. 9.
  4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus 5.50.1–51.3
  5. Zonaras
    7.13
  6. Ab urbe condita
    , 2.33
  7. ^ Dionysius 6.96.1
  8. ^ Broughton 1986, pp. 14–15.
  9. ^ Livy 2.33.4–9
  10. ^ Dionysius 6.91.1–94.2
  11. ^ Valerius Maximus 4.3.4
  12. ^ Plutarch, Coriolanus 8.1–11.1
  13. ^ Broughton 1986, p. 15.
  14. ^ Dionysius 8.22.4–5
  15. ^ Broughton 1986, p. 19.
  16. ^ Festus, 180 in the edition of Lindsay
  17. ^ Broughton 1986, p. 21.
  18. ^ Valerius Maximus 6.3.2
  19. ^ Broughton 1986, pp. 20–21.
  20. ^ Broughton 1986, p. 21, citing also Cassius Dio frg. 22 and Zonaras 7.17..
  • Broughton, T.R.S. (1986) [1951]. The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Vol. 1. American Philological Association.
Political offices
Preceded by
Opiter Verginius Tricostus
Spurius Cassius Vecellinus

501 BC
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus
Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus

493 BC
Succeeded by