Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

CORU0800 L. Coruncanius (2)

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Life Dates

• 230, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

  Murdered in Illyria.

Relationships

son of

Ti. Coruncanius (3) Ti. f. Ti. n. Pap. (cos. 280) (RE)

brother of

? C. Coruncanius (1) (leg. amb. 230) (DPRR Team)

Career

• Legatus (Ambassador)? 230 Illyria (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Murder of one of these, L. Coruncanius, by Queen Teuta of the Illyrians was the incident which provoked the Illyrian war (Polyb. 2.8.3, and 6-12: C. and L. Coruncanius; Plin. NH 34.24: P. Iunius and Ti. Coruncanius; cf. Liv. Per. 20; Flor. 1.21.3; App. Illyr. 7; Dio fr. 49.3; Oros. 4.13.2; Zon. 8.19). (Broughton MRR I)

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