Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORU0683 Ti. Coruncanius (3) Ti. f. Ti. n. Pap.

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. Senec. 9.27, Cic. Brut. 14.55-16.62 (founder of family's nobilitas)

  • Novus Expand

    Vell. 2.128

Life Dates

  • 311?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R6.

  • 243, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

father of
L. Coruncanius (2) (leg. amb. 230) (RE)
C. Coruncanius (1) (leg. amb. 230) (RE)

Career

  • Consul 280 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Ti. n.); Act. Tr. ([Ti. Coru]ncanius Ti. f. Ti. n.); Chr. 354 (Laevino et Cornunciano); Fast. Hyd. (Lebyino et Caeruntano); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi,{191} 40f., 113, 428f. Valerius rejected Pyrrhus' attempt to arbitrate Rome's dispute with Tarentum, and was severely defeated at Heracleia, but continued in command, administered a check to Pyrrhus near Capua, and wintered at Saepinum (Liv. Per. 13; Dion. Hal. 19.9-12; Frontin. Str. 2.4.9; 4.1.24; 4.7.7; Plut. Pyrr. 16-18; Flor. 1.13.7-8; Iustin. 18.1.4-9; Eutrop. 2.11; Fest. 214 L; Zon. 8.3-4; cf. SIG 392, and Chr. Lindic. 2 XL; Ennius Ann. 6.192-3 V; Liv. 25.6.3; Dio fr. 40.13-28). Coruncanius celebrated a triumph over Volsinii and Vulci (Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 545), then was sent to face Pyrrhus after Valerius' defeat (App. Samn. 10.3; Zon. 8.4). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 44, no. 32. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Preferably Praetor, since in this period the office was frequently held the year after the consulship. Moreover, the passage in Ennius indicates that the proletarii were stationed on guard about the city, where the Praetor was most likely to have charge, and more probably refers to this year than to 275 (see Vahlen). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 280 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Vulsiniensibus et Vulcientibus. MRR I.190-1, Itgenshorst no. 107, Rich no. 106. (Rich 2014)
  • Pontifex? 275 to 255 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Pontifex Maximus 254 to 243 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • The first plebeian Pontifex Maximus (Liv. Per. 18, between 255 and 252; cf. Cic. De Or. 3.56 and 134; ND 1.115; 3.5; Dom. 139; Brut. 55; Sen. 15; 27; 43; Amic. 18 and 39; Ateius Capito in Gell. 4.6.10; Vell. 2.128.1; Senec. Vit. Beat. 21.3; Ep. Mor. 114.13). (Broughton MRR I)
    • L. Caecilius Metellus succeeded Ti. Coruncanius. Liv. Per. 19; Val. Max. 8.13.2. See 242, Flamines. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Dictator 246 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Appointed to hold the elections (Fast. Cap., Degrassi 42f., 116, 436f.), presumably in the absence of the Consuls. (Broughton MRR I)

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