Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus

Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus was a Roman politician, and consul in 490 BC.

Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office [1] 1 September 490 BC – 29 August 489 BC Serving with Spurius Lartius
Preceded by	Marcus Minucius Augurinus, Aulus Sempronius Atratinus
Succeeded by	Gaius Julius Iulus (consul 489 BC), Publius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown Ancient Rome
Children	Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul 461 BC)

Family

He was a member of the gens Sulpicia, specifically he was among the Sulpicii Camerini. His father Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus (consul 500 BC) was the first consul of the Sulpicii, which may have taken its name from the town of Cameria or Camerium in Latium, and his son Servius Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus was consul in 461 BC, and decemvir in 451 BC.[2][3]

Career

In 490 BC, Cornutus was consul with Spurius Lartius. Dionysius of Halicarnassus ascribes many odd occurrences to their consulship, such as the birth of monstrosities, and people hearing voices. Then he tells of a pestilence that mostly killed cattle, but not many people.[4]

In 488 BC, the Volsci under Coriolanus marched on Rome and besieged the city. Cornutus, and his former colleague Lartius, were among the ambassadors sent to intercede with Coriolanus.[5]

References

1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
2. Broughton 1951, p. 45
3. Livy, Roman History, 3.7.6-7
4. Broughton 1951, p. 18; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia, vii. 68.1-2
5. Broughton 1951, p. 19; Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia, viii. 22.1-4

Sources

• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia (in Greek)
• Broughton, Thomas Robert Shannon (1951), The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Philological Monograph No. 15, New York: American Philological Association, ISBN 0-89130-811-3

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Camerinus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. p. 590.