Spurius Nautius Rutilus (consul 488 BC)

Spurius Nautius Rutilus (Latin, Spurius Nautius Rutilus) was a Roman Republican aristocrat of the Patrician gens Nautia, who lived during the early 5th century BC. He served as Consul of Rome in 488 BC, with Sextus Furius Medullinus Fusus as his colleague.

Spurius Nautius Rutilus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office [1] 1 September 488 BC – 29 August 487 BC Serving with Sextus Furius Medullinus (consul 488 BC)
Preceded by	Gaius Julius Iulus (consul 489 BC), Publius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus
Succeeded by	Titus Sicinius Sabinus, Gaius Aquillius Tuscus
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown Ancient Rome

Family

Spurius was the probably the elder brother of Gaius Nautius Rutilus, consul in 475 and in 458 BC, but the younger Nautius may have been his son.

Biography

Dionysius of Halicarnassus first mentions Spurius Nautius in 493 BC as having been one of the most distinguished young Patricians during the period of the first secession of the plebs. He was consul in 488 which was also the same year that the Volsci, under the command of Coriolanus, marched on Rome and besieged the city.

See also

• List of Roman Republican consuls
• Roman Republic

References

1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.

Bibliography

• Smith, William, Sir (2005) [1867]. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Wood. Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813–1893. 3 (1813–1893 ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Co. p. 691a. Archived from the original on 2005. Retrieved 19 March 2013.