Spurius Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus was a Roman

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 ...

and a

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politician of the 5th century BC. There was no recorded date of his birth and death though there was a record his term of office from 456 BC to 455 BC. During his time in office he saw continued division between

plebs In ancient Rome, the plebeians (also called plebs) were the general body of free Roman citizenship, Roman citizens who were not Patrician (ancient Rome), patricians, as determined by the capite censi, census, or in other words "commoners". Both ...

and

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 ...

Family

He was the grandson of Aulus Verginius and the son of

Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus ( 494–486 BC) was a Roman Republican politician and general of the gens Verginia. He served as a Roman consul in 494 BC together with Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus. Family Origins Caeliomontanus ...

in 494 BC. His full name is Spurius Verginius A.f. Tricostus Caeliomontanus. Although there is some dispute as to who his son was: for example

Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 448) Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus was consul of the Roman Republic in 448 BC with Lars Herminius Aquilinus. Little is known about his life. Family background Caeliomontanus belonged to the patrician ''gens'' Verginia, which was of Etr ...

is either his nephew, son of his brother Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus (consul 469 BC), Consul in 469 BC or his own son.

Biography

In 456 BC he was

with

Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca Marcus Valerius Maximus Lactuca was a Roman politician of the fifth century BC. Consul in 456 BC. Family He was a member of the Valerii Maximi, a branch of the powerful Valeria family. He was the grandchildren of Volusus Valerius and the ...

. Their term took place during a period of tension between the

, represented by its

tribunes Tribune () was the title of various elected officials in ancient Rome. The two most important were the tribunes of the plebs and the military tribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on the ...

who wanted the Aventine part of the state domain with the ''rogatio Terentilia'', and the

s, who opposed the plebs measure. Concessions were made and the tribune Icilius obtained the votes to pass it into law, the ''

Lex Icilia de Aventino publicando Lex or LEX may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lex'', a daily featured column in the ''Financial Times'' Games * Lex, the mascot of the word-forming puzzle video game ''Bookworm'' * Lex, the protagonist of the word-forming puzzle video ga ...

'', which divided the Aventine into building lots for the benefit of the

References

Works cited

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, Spurius 5th-century BC Roman consuls Ancient Roman decemvirs Tricostus Caeliomontanus, Spurius