Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CLAU0591 Ap. Claudius (91) C. f. Ap. n. Caecus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Brut. 14.55-16.62 (founder of family's nobilitas), Liv. 10.8.6, 10.15.8, 10.15.12, Porphyr. Hor. Serm. 1.6

Life Dates

  • Before 341?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R4 (by 343?), Develin no. 19 (by 340).

Relationships

son of
C. Claudius (183) (Ap. f. P. n. Crassus) Inregillensis (dict. 337) (RE)
brother of
Ap. Claudius (102) C. f. Ap. n. Caudex (cos. 264) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Auct. vir. ill. 37.1, Gell. XVII 21.40

father of
Claudia (382) (daughter of Ap. Claudius (91) C. f. Ap. n. Caecus (cos. 307)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Gell. X 6.2

Ap. Claudius (317) Ap. f. C. n. Russus (cos. 268) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. I 14.7

C. Claudius (104) Ap. f. C. n. Centho (cos. 240) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 72, Cic. Tusc. I 3, Gell. XVII 21.42, Liv. XXII 34.1

Ti. Claudius (248) Nero (son of Ap. Claudius (91) C. f. Ap. n. Caecus (cos. 307)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Suet. Tib. 3.1

P. Claudius (304) Ap. f. C. n. Pulcher (cos. 249) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. div. I 29, Diod. XXIV 1.5, Suet. Tib. 3.1

Career

  • Quaestor before 315 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Elog. 10 in CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79. The date is unknown; this is the latest one probable if he was Curule Aedile before his censorship (Sobeck, Quaest. 5). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Aedilis Curulis? 313 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Held the office twice (Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79; cf. Ovid Fast. 6.663), the first time probably before his censorship in 312. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum c. 313 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
    • A.25-27 (military tribune three times ca. 312) (Suolahti 1955)
  • Tribunus Militum c. 312 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
    • A.25-27 (military tribune three times ca. 312) (Suolahti 1955)
  • Censor 312 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.29.5; Diod. 20.36.1; Fast. Cap.; Frontin. Aq. 1.5; cf. on Claudius, Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12; Cic. Sen. 16; Suet. Tib. 1.2; Pompon. in Dig. 1.2.2.36; Fest. 270 L, and texts cited, below; see Degrassi 36f., 110, 420f. Diod. (20.36.1-5) mentions the concord, Livy the disagreement of the Censors (9.29.7, and 33.4) and Plautius' abdication while Claudius continued in office (cf. Frontin. Aq. 1.5; Auct. Vir. Ill. 34; Mommsen, Str. 2.351, note 2). Claudius paved the Appian way to Capua, built the Claudian aqueduct, admitted sons of freedmen to the Senate, and gave landless citizens full citizen rights; also these Censors forbade the tibicines to hold their festival in the temple of Jupiter, and transferred the cult of Hercules at the Ara Maxima from the Potitii to public slaves (Cic. Cael. 34-35; Liv. 9.29.5-11, and 33-34, and 46.10-11; Diod. 20.36.1-6; Elog. above; Ovid Fast. 6.654-692; Val. Max. 1.1.17; 2.5.4; Frontin. Aq. 1.5; Plut. Popl. 7.5; Suet. Claud. 24; Eutrop. 2.9.3; Pomp. Dig. 1.2.2.36; Serv. Aen. 8.179; Lact. Inst. Div. 2.7.15; Jerome Chr. ad ann. 325, p. 125 Helm; Cassiod.; Fest. 270 L; Macrob. Sat. 3.6.13). See 311 and 310. On Plautius, see Lübker no. 19. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 307, 296. See above, on Q. Aemilius Barbula (33). Cos. 230, for the suggestion that this Claudius was the honorand in the Elogium of Brindisi. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Censor 311 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The tibicines emigrated to Tibur but were brought back and restored their right of dining on the Capitol (Liv. 9.30.9-10; Val. Max. 2.5.4; Ovid Fasti 6.657-692). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 307, 296. See above, on Q. Aemilius Barbula (33). Cos. 230, for the suggestion that this Claudius was the honorand in the Elogium of Brindisi. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Tribunus Militum c. 311 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
    • A.25-27 (military tribune three times ca. 312) (Suolahti 1955)
  • Censor 310 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Livy (9.33-34) describes an attempt by Tribunes to compel Claudius to give up office when his colleague did so at the end of the regular term (cf. Liv. 9.29.7-8; Diod. 20.36.6; Auct. Vir. Ill. 34). Mommsen (Str. 2.351, n. 2) believes that extraordinary prorogations to finish such tasks as the Appian Way and the Claudian aqueduct were permitted. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 307, 296. See above, on Q. Aemilius Barbula (33). Cos. 230, for the suggestion that this Claudius was the honorand in the Elogium of Brindisi. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Consul 307 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 9.42.2; 10.15.12; Diod. 20.45.1; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Claudius, Elog. 10 in CIL 1 , p. 192, and Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12; Degrassi 38f., 110, 422f. Volumnius held command against the Sallentini (Liv. 9.42.4-5; cf. Diod. 20.80.1-2, on operations in Iapygia, in 306). Piso omitted this college from his Annals (Liv. 9.44.3-4). On Volumnius, see Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Aedilis Curulis before 304 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Twice Aed. Cur. (Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192, and Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12). Seidel (11) assumed that he preceded Cn. Flavius. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Pontifex 300 to after 280 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Interrex 298 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 10.11.10; and on Claudius, Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12. See Tribunes of the Plebs. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 296 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 10.22.8 (295 B.C.); Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12. If his second praetorship falls in 295, 297 is the latest possible date for the first. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 296 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • One annalistic account gave Claudius a share in the campaign in Samnium (Liv. 10.17.13; cf. Elog.); one gave the two Consuls credit for the achievements assigned above to Decius and Fabius; one gave them to Volumnius alone; and others credited Decius only with Murgantia, while Ferentinum and Romulea fell to Fabius (see Proconsuls); Liv. 10.17.11; cf. Dio, who preserves a part of the account of Claudius' unwillingness to accept aid from Volumnius (fr. 36.27). With such a tradition attribution of particular achievements to particular commanders is highly unsafe. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 10.15.7-16; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Ca[ecus II], [- - - -Vio]lens II); Chr. 354 (Ceco et Violense); Fast. Hyd. (Claudio et Violente; see note); Chr. Pasc. (see note); Cassiod.; cf. on Claudius, Cic. Sen. 16; Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12. See Degrassi 38f., 111, 426f. Claudius fought Etruscans and Sabelli (Sabini, Elog.) in Etruria, and vowed a temple to Bellona (Liv. 10.18-22; Elog.; Ovid Fast. 6.199-202; Dio fr. 36.27; Auct. Vir. Ill. 34.5). Volumnius served in Samnium and Lucania, returned to give undesired aid to Claudius in Etruria, defeated a Samnite invasion of Campania, and returned to Rome to hold elections (Liv. 10.17-22). On Volumnius, see Lübker no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 295 Etruria, Campania, Samnium (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 10.22.9; Elog. 10, CIL 1 , p. 192; Inscr. Ital. 13.3.79 and 12. Held command in Etruria till the Consuls came (Liv. 10.24.18-26, an unreliable tale), and after Decius' death served in Campania and Samnium (Liv. 10.31.3-7). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Whatever the reasons for this defeat, the fact was accepted by Polybius (2.19.5; cf. Liv. 10.26.7-13). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 725, footnote 5 (Brennan 2000)
  • Dictator before 284 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • These three dictatorships must be dated after the end of Livy's record in Book 10 in 292, and before 284, when a fragment of Fast. Cap. begins. Mommsen suggested 287 for Claudius after the death of Hortensius, but there is no specific evidence. They are listed above at the latest possible date, 285. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Elog., CIL 1 , p. 192- Inscr. Ital. 13.2.79 and 12. (Broughton MRR I)

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