Publius Lucretius Tricipitinus was a

consular tribune A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...

of the

Roman Republic The Roman Republic ( la, Res publica Romana ) was a form of government of Rome and the era of the classical Roman civilization when it was run through public representation of the Roman people. Beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kin ...

in 419 and 417 BC. Lucretius belonged to the

Lucretia gens The gens Lucretia was a prominent family of the Roman Republic. Originally patrician (ancient Rome), patrician, the gens later included a number of plebs, plebeian families. The Lucretii were one of the most ancient gentes, and the second wife o ...

, one of the oldest

patrician Patrician may refer to: * Patrician (ancient Rome), the original aristocratic families of ancient Rome, and a synonym for "aristocratic" in modern English usage * Patrician (post-Roman Europe), the governing elites of cities in parts of medieval ...

families. The family had, according to legend, taken part in the

overthrow of the Roman monarchy The overthrow of the Roman monarchy was an event in ancient Rome that took place between the 6th and 5th centuries BC where a political revolution replaced the then-existing Roman monarchy under Lucius Tarquinius Superbus with a republic. T ...

and the establishment of the Republic. Lucretius was the son of a

Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus Hostus Lucretius Tricipitinus was a consul of the Roman republic in 429 BC. Lucretius belonged to the ancient patrician Lucretia gens whose ancestors had been among the first consuls of the Republic. Lucretius was (presumably) the son of Luciu ...

, the

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

of 429 BC, and possibly himself the father of

Lucius Lucretius Flavus Tricipitinus Lucius Lucretius Tricipitinus Flavus was a Roman statesman and general who had a prominent career in the early 4th century BC, serving once as consul, and four times as consular tribune, as well as perhaps serving as Princeps senatus. Family and ...

, the consul of 393 BC.

Career

Lucretius first held the ''

imperium In ancient Rome, ''imperium'' was a form of authority held by a citizen to control a military or governmental entity. It is distinct from ''auctoritas'' and ''potestas'', different and generally inferior types of power in the Roman Republic an ...

'' in 419 BC as one of four consular tribunes. His colleagues in the office were

Agrippa Menenius Lanatus Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (died 493 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 503 BC, with Publius Postumius Tubertus. He was victorious over the Sabines and was awarded a triumph which he celebrated on 4 April, 503 BC. According to Livy, he als ...

, Spurius Nautius Rutilus and

Gaius Servilius Axilla Gaius Servilius Axilla (or Servilius Structus; 427–417 BC) was a Roman aristocrat and statesman during the early Republic. He held the senior executive offices of consul in 427 BC and consular tribune in 419, 418 and 417 BC. He also served as ...

. Little is recorded of the events during this year.

Chronograph of 354 The ''Chronograph of 354'' (or "Chronography"), also known as the ''Calendar of 354'', is a compilation of chronological and calendrical texts produced in 354 AD for a wealthy Roman Christian named Valentinus by the calligrapher and illustrator ...

(Lanato et Rufillo) Similarly little is known of Lucretius second term as consular tribune which he shared with

and

Spurius Veturius Crassus Cicurinus Spurius is a small genus of passalid beetles from Mesoamerica Mesoamerica is a historical region and cultural area in southern North America and most of Central America. It extends from approximately central Mexico through Belize, Guatema ...

(or possibly Spurius Rutilius Crassus) in 417 BC. Lucretius, it can be assumed, would have been occupied in his role as consular tribune in both 419 and 417 by the many conflicts that Rome were embroiled in during this period in time, such as the war with the

Aequi 300px, Location of the Aequi (Equi) in central Italy, 5th century BC. The Aequi ( grc, Αἴκουοι and Αἴκοι) were an Italic tribe on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains to the east of Latium in central Italy who appear in the early his ...

and rising tension in regards to calls for new Agrarian laws by the

tribunes of the plebs Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune ( la, tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power of ...

.Broughton, vol i, pp.72-75

References

{{s-end 5th-century BC Romans Roman Republic Roman consular tribunes Lucretii

Career

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