He is listed in an incomplete text by Festus as numbering among the nine patricians burned in 486 BC for conspiring with his former consular colleague Cassius. Considering that this would have occurred during Opiter's son, Proculus, consulship, this narrative remains highly uncertain.[7][8][9]
opiter, verginius, tricostus, served, consul, early, roman, republic, with, spurius, cassius, vecellinus, first, from, powerful, verginia, family, obtain, consulship, consul, roman, republicin, office, september, august, serving, with, spurius, cassius, vecell. Opiter Verginius Tricostus served as consul of the early Roman Republic in 502 BC with Spurius Cassius Vecellinus 2 He was the first from the powerful Verginia family to obtain the consulship Opiter Verginius TricostusConsul of the Roman RepublicIn office 1 September 502 BC 29 August 501 BC 1 Serving with Spurius Cassius VecellinusPreceded byAgrippa Menenius Lanatus Publius Postumius TubertusSucceeded byPostumus Cominius Auruncus Titus LarciusPersonal detailsBornUnknownAncient RomeDied486 BC Ancient RomeChildrenProculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus consul 478 BC Aulus Verginius Tricostus RutilusTogether with his colleague Spurius Cassius Vecellinus Verginius Tricostus fought against the Aurunci and took Pometia 3 4 5 Livy also says that the consuls celebrated a triumph for their victory however the Fasti Triumphales record only one triumph by Cassius 6 He is listed in an incomplete text by Festus as numbering among the nine patricians burned in 486 BC for conspiring with his former consular colleague Cassius Considering that this would have occurred during Opiter s son Proculus consulship this narrative remains highly uncertain 7 8 9 The filiation of a number of consular men in the following generation suggests they were Opiter Verginius sons They are Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus consul 486 BC Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus consul 479 BC Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus consul 478 BC and Aulus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus consul 476 BC See also editVerginia gensReferences edit Robert Maxwell Ogilvie Commentary on Livy books 1 5 Oxford Clarendon Press 1965 pp 404 405 Alan Edouard Samuel 1972 Greek and Roman Chronology Calendars and Years in Classical Antiquity C H Beck pp 256 ISBN 978 3 406 03348 3 Titus Livius Ab Urbe Condita ii 17 Dionysius of Halicarnassus Romaike Archaiologia v 49 T Robert S Broughton The Magistrates of the Roman Republic 1952 Johann Georg Baiter Carlo Fea 1837 Fasti consulares triumphalesque romanorum Typis Orellii Fuesslini et soc pp 231 Festus 180 L Valerius Maximus vi 6 3 2 Broughton vol i pp 21 Political officesPreceded byAgrippa Menenius Lanatus and Publius Postumius Tubertus Consul of the Roman Republicwith Spurius Cassius Vecellinus 502 BC Succeeded byPostumius Cominius Auruncus and Titus Lartius Flavus Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Opiter Verginius Tricostus amp oldid 1058762319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
