Lucius Alienus

"L. Alienus" redirects here. For the species of ant of the lasius genus, see Lasius alienus.

Lucius Alienus was a citizen of ancient Rome who served as plebeian aedile in 454 BC. According to the Roman historian Livy, he accused Gaius Veturius Cicurinus, the consul of the previous year, of illegally selling the plunder gained in war (instead of distributing it among the soldiery), and placing the amount in the Aerarium.[1][2] The prosecution was successful and Veturius was fined 15,000 asses.[3]

Some writers have called into question the historical accuracy of this anecdote, as aediles are not generally thought to have had prosecutorial power as early as 454.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita iii. 31
  2. ^ Smith, William (1867). "L. Alienus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 131.
  3. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, x. 48-9
  4. ^ Ogilvie, Robert Maxwell (1965). A Commentary on Livy: Books 1-5. Clarendon Press. p. 448.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "L. Alienus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.

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