Gaius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis

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  1. ↑ This surname is supposedly derived from the Sabine town of Regillum or Inregillum, where the first of the Claudii is said to have lived before coming to Rome. Most ancient sources refer to it as Regillum, rather than Inregillum. Its name is probably connected with that of Lake Regillus.
  2. ↑ The ancient historians consistently describe the decemvir Appius Claudius as Gaius' nephew, and therefore the son of the Appius Claudius who was consul in 471 BC. However, in the Capitoline Fasti the decemvir is apparently identified with the consul of 471, making him Gaius' brother. Although they were probably father and son, many scholars accept that they were the same person. [2] [6] [7]
  3. ↑ "The year was marked by ominous signs: fires blazed in the sky, there was a violent earthquake, and a cow talked — there was a rumour that a cow had talked the previous year, but nobody believed it: this year they did. Nor was this all: it rained lumps of meat. Thousands of birds (we are told) seized and devoured the pieces in mid-air, while what fell to the ground lay scattered about for several days without going putrid." [8]
  4. ↑ Men who had held the consulship were known as consulares, or "consulars".
  5. ↑ According to Livy, the first plebeians to hold the office did so in 400 BC; but the colleges of 444 and 422 also include names that are generally considered plebeian.

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References

  1. ↑ Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
  2. 1 2 3 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 767.
  3. ↑ Livy, ii. 16, 21.
  4. ↑ Suetonius, "The Life of Tiberius", 1.
  5. ↑ Dionysius, v. 40, vi. 23.
  6. ↑ Niebuhr, vol. ii, note 754.
  7. ↑ Broughton, vol. I, pp. 30, 45.
  8. ↑ Livy, iii. 10 (Aubrey de Sélincourt, trans.).
  9. ↑ Livy, iii. 9, 10, 15.
  10. ↑ Dionysius, x. 2, 5–8.
  11. ↑ Livy, iii. 15.
  12. ↑ Dionysius, x. 9–13.
  13. ↑ Livy, iii. 16–18.
  14. ↑ Dionysius, x. 14, 15.
  15. ↑ Livy, iii. 18, 19.
  16. ↑ Dionysius, x. 16.
  17. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, p. 699 ("lex Terentilia").
  18. ↑ Dionysius, x. 16, 17.
  19. ↑ Dionysius, x. 26–29.
  20. ↑ Dionysius, x. 30.
  21. ↑ Dionysius, x. 31, 32.
  22. ↑ Livy, iii. 33–35.
  23. ↑ Dionysius, x. 55–58.
  24. ↑ Livy, iii. 38–40.
  25. ↑ Dionysius, x. 58–60, xi. 1–14.
  26. ↑ Livy, iii. 58.
  27. ↑ Dionysius, xi. 49, 50.
  28. ↑ Livy, iv. 1–6.
  29. ↑ Livy, iv. 6, 7.
  30. ↑ Dionysius, xi. 55–61.
  31. ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 352 ff, 1152. ("Consul", "Tribuni Militum cum Consulari Potestate").

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Gaius Claudius Ap. f. M. n. Sabinus Regillensis
Consul of the Roman Republic
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1 August 460 BC [1]  –31 July 459 BC
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460 BC
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