Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VERG0091 T. Verginius (22) Opet. f. Opet. n. Tricostus Rutilus

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Status

• Patrician

Life Dates

• 510?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
• 463, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

brother of

Opet. Verginius (18) Opet. f. Esquilinus (cos. suff. 478) (RE)

A. Verginius (12) (Opet. ? f. Opet. n.) Tricostus Rutilus (cos. 476) (RE)

Career

• Consul 479 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Fabius' praenomen as given in Livy (C. or G.) and that of Verginius in Entrop. (L.) are corrected by the other sources. On Verginius' filiation, see CIL 1(2). 1, pp. 16 and 30; Degrassi 89. Zonaras adds a third name, {Gr}. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Liv. 2.48.1; Diod. 11.51.1; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -Op]et. n.Tricost(us) Ruti[l(us)]; Dion. Hal. 9.14.1; Eutrop. 1.16; Chr. 354 (Vivulano IIII et Trutillo); Fast. Hyd. (Rutilio et Fabio IIII); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 24f., 89, 356f. Fabius fought against the Aequi, and when his colleague was defeated by the Veientani led the Fabian clan against them (Liv. 2.48.1-49.8; Dion. Hal. 9.14.1-15.7; cf. Zon. 7.17). (Broughton MRR I)
• Augur 463 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
  • Liv. 3.7.6. On Verginius, see Lübker no. 3; on Valerius, Münzer, Gent. Val. 18ff. (Broughton MRR I)