Elected through the Pr. Urbanus to assign land in Samnium and Apulia to veterans who had served under Scipio in Africa (Liv. 31.4.1-3, and 49.5). On Villius, see Lübker, no. 1, on Quinctius, no. 4. (Broughton MRR I)
Münzer (RE) dates these Tribunes in 199, but during this period the new Tribunes were probably in office before the usual time of the elections (cf. Liv. 39.52.4). Accordingly Niccolini (FTP 105) dates them in this year. See Mommsen, Str. 1.585. (Broughton MRR I)
They opposed for a time the candidacy of Flamininus for the consulship because he had held no curule office (Liv. 32.7.8-11; Plut. Flam. 2.1-2). (Broughton MRR I)