Publius Volumnius Amintinus Gallus

Publius Volumnius Gallus Amintinus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 461 BC [1] – 31 July 460 BC
Preceded byLucius Lucretius Tricipitinus, Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus
Succeeded byPublius Valerius Poplicola, Gaius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis
Personal details
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Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome

Publius Volumnius Amintinus Gallus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 461 BC; he served with Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus.[2]

Career

Several bad signs happened during the year, so the Sibylline Books were consulted. Livy suggests that their reading was manipulated by the consuls and the senate to counter the legislation of the tribune of the plebs Gaius Terentilius Harsa, who had the previous year pushed for a limitation of the consuls' powers.[3]

In 460 BC, Volumnius served as a subordinate under the consul of the year Publius Valerius Poplicola. When Poplicola was killed in battle against Appius Herdonius, a Sabine rebel who had taken the Capitoline hill, Volumnius took command of his force, killing Herdonius, defeating his army, and putting an end to his rebellion

In 458 BC, Volumnius was sent as ambassador—together with Quintus Fabius Vibulanus and Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis—to the Aequi, who had violated a treaty made with Rome the year before.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 36.
  3. ^ Livy, iii. 10.
  4. ^ Livy, iii. 25.
  5. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 40.

Bibliography

Ancient sources

Modern sources

  • T. Robert S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, American Philological Association, 1952–1960.
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