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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Cornelius held the ''[[imperium]]'' in 404 BC as one of six consular tribunes. He shared the office with [[Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus]], [[Manius Sergius Fidenas]], [[Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus (consular tribune 406 BC)|Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus]], [[Caeso Fabius Ambustus]] and [[Spurius Nautius Rutilus (consul 411 BC)|Spurius Nautius Rutilus]]. The consulars successfully fought against the Volsci and Veii, capturing [[Artena]] from Volsci and continuing the [[Battle of Veii|siege of Veii]]. There was also a successful venture to colonize [[Velletri|Velitrae]] under the command of the consulars. There is some doubt among modern scholars in regards to the historicity of these consular colleges of six and there are indications of a higher degree of interpolation during this period.<ref>[[Chronograph of 354]]. (Maluginense et Cicurino III)</ref><ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri|Ab Urbe Condita]]'', iv, 61.4-61.11</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'', xiv, 19.1, 34.7</ref><ref>Broughton, vol i, pp.81</ref><ref>[[John Pinsent|Pinsent, John]]. ''Military Tribunes and Plebeian Consuls: The Fasti from 444 V to 342 V''. pp.32-33, 50, 45n52</ref> |
Cornelius held the ''[[imperium]]'' in 404 BC as one of six consular tribunes. He shared the office with [[Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus]], [[Manius Sergius Fidenas]], [[Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus (consular tribune 406 BC)|Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus]], [[Caeso Fabius Ambustus]] and [[Spurius Nautius Rutilus (consul 411 BC)|Spurius Nautius Rutilus]]. The consulars successfully fought against the Volsci and Veii, capturing [[Artena]] from Volsci and continuing the [[Battle of Veii|siege of Veii]]. There was also a successful venture to colonize [[Velletri|Velitrae]] under the command of the consulars. There is some doubt among modern scholars in regards to the historicity of these consular colleges of six and there are indications of a higher degree of interpolation during this period.<ref>[[Chronograph of 354]]. (Maluginense et Cicurino III)</ref><ref>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri|Ab Urbe Condita]]'', iv, 61.4-61.11</ref><ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'', xiv, 19.1, 34.7</ref><ref>Broughton, vol i, pp.81</ref><ref>[[John Pinsent|Pinsent, John]]. ''Military Tribunes and Plebeian Consuls: The Fasti from 444 V to 342 V''. Wiesbaden, 1975, pp.32-33, 50, 45n52</ref> |
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There is a possibility, quite unlikely, that Cornelius is one |
There is a possibility, quite unlikely, that Cornelius is one the unknown Publius Cornelius who was consular tribune for a second time in 394 BC. [[Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton|Broughton]], in commenting on the consular of 394 would instead prefer Cornelius [[Publius Cornelius Maluginensis (consular tribune 397 BC)|namesake and son]], the consular tribune of 397 BC, to fill that gap. [[Robert Maxwell Ogilvie|Ogilvie]] has an alternative theory and has [[Publius Cornelius Cossus (consular tribune 415 BC)|Publius Cornelius Cossus]], consular tribune in 415 BC, as the consular of 394 BC, but identifies the that consular as the same individual as Cornelius. Other plausible candidates, listed by Broughton and Ogilvie, include [[Publius Cornelius Cossus (consular tribune 395 BC)|Publius Cornelius Cossus]], consular tribune 395 BC, and [[Publius Cornelius Maluginensis Scipio (consular tribune 395 BC)|Publius Cornelius Scipio]], consular tribune 395 BC.<ref>Broughton, vol i, 1n90-91,1n98, pp.89-91, 96-98, 101</ref><ref>[[Robert Maxwell Ogilvie|R.M. Ogilvie]], ''A Commentary on Livy: Books 1-5'', Oxford, 1965, pp.617, 686</ref> |
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== Conflicting identity == |
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There is a lack of consensus among modern scholars in regards to the identity of Cornelius and the other members of the Cornelii during this period of the Republic. The main problem lies in the filiations presented to these Cornelii and the sheer amount of Cornelii in the Fasti of the consular tribunes. Ogilvie therefor suggests that this Cornelius should instead by identified as the same individual as [[Publius Cornelius Cossus (consular tribune 415 BC)|Publius Cornelius Cossus]], the consular tribune of 415 BC, and having been consular tribune in 415, 408, 406, 404 BC and [[Roman dictator|dictator]] in 408 BC.<ref>Ogilvie, pp.617</ref> |
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== See also == |
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Revision as of 13:15, 30 December 2020
Publius Cornelius Maluginensis was a consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 404 BC.[1]
Cornelius belonged to the Cornelia gens, one of the older patrician gentes of the Republic. Cornelius' father, and grandfather were both named Marcus, possible identifying them with Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, consul 436 BC, and Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, decemviri in 450 BC, respectively. Publius Cornelius Maluginensis, consular tribune 397 BC, Servius Cornelius Maluginensis, consular tribune 386 BC, and possibly Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis, censor 393 BC, seems to all be his sons based on filiations.[2]
Career
Cornelius held the imperium in 404 BC as one of six consular tribunes. He shared the office with Gaius Valerius Potitus Volusus, Manius Sergius Fidenas, Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus, Caeso Fabius Ambustus and Spurius Nautius Rutilus. The consulars successfully fought against the Volsci and Veii, capturing Artena from Volsci and continuing the siege of Veii. There was also a successful venture to colonize Velitrae under the command of the consulars. There is some doubt among modern scholars in regards to the historicity of these consular colleges of six and there are indications of a higher degree of interpolation during this period.[3][4][5][6][7]
There is a possibility, quite unlikely, that Cornelius is one the unknown Publius Cornelius who was consular tribune for a second time in 394 BC. Broughton, in commenting on the consular of 394 would instead prefer Cornelius namesake and son, the consular tribune of 397 BC, to fill that gap. Ogilvie has an alternative theory and has Publius Cornelius Cossus, consular tribune in 415 BC, as the consular of 394 BC, but identifies the that consular as the same individual as Cornelius. Other plausible candidates, listed by Broughton and Ogilvie, include Publius Cornelius Cossus, consular tribune 395 BC, and Publius Cornelius Scipio, consular tribune 395 BC.[8][9]
Conflicting identity
There is a lack of consensus among modern scholars in regards to the identity of Cornelius and the other members of the Cornelii during this period of the Republic. The main problem lies in the filiations presented to these Cornelii and the sheer amount of Cornelii in the Fasti of the consular tribunes. Ogilvie therefor suggests that this Cornelius should instead by identified as the same individual as Publius Cornelius Cossus, the consular tribune of 415 BC, and having been consular tribune in 415, 408, 406, 404 BC and dictator in 408 BC.[10]
See also
- Cornelia gens – Ancient Roman family
References
- ^ Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic, 1951, vol i, pp.81
- ^ Broughton, vol i
- ^ Chronograph of 354. (Maluginense et Cicurino III)
- ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, iv, 61.4-61.11
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, xiv, 19.1, 34.7
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.81
- ^ Pinsent, John. Military Tribunes and Plebeian Consuls: The Fasti from 444 V to 342 V. Wiesbaden, 1975, pp.32-33, 50, 45n52
- ^ Broughton, vol i, 1n90-91,1n98, pp.89-91, 96-98, 101
- ^ R.M. Ogilvie, A Commentary on Livy: Books 1-5, Oxford, 1965, pp.617, 686
- ^ Ogilvie, pp.617