FURI0814 P. Furius (80) Sp. f. M. n. Philus

Status

  • Patrician

Life Dates

  • Before 250?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 214, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

father of
P. Furius (81) Philus (son of P. Furius (80) Sp. f. M. n. Philus (cos. 223)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. XXII 53.4

grandfather of
? L. Furius (78) Philus (cos. 136) (Badian 1990)
? P. Furius (82) Philus (pr. 174) (DPRR Team)
? L. Furius (77) Philus (pr. 171) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Augur? 225 to 215 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Praetor? 224 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 22.35.5-7. His first praetorship may have preceded his consulship (Maxis 18; Stella Maranca 294). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Before 218. p. 726. (Brennan 2000)
  • Triumphator 223 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Galleis et Liguribus. MRR I.232, Itgenshorst no. 154, Rich no. 153. (Rich 2014)
  • Consul 223 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In Fast. Cap. his cognomen is written as P[er]ilus in an erasure, but in Act. Tr. it is Philus, and in Fast. Cap. for 214 the necessary supplement for the lacuna is P[H]ILVS, Degrassi 46f. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Polyb. 2.32.1; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Act. Tr. (names entire); Plut. Marc. 4.2; 6.1; Flor. 1.20.4; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.13.14; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.20; and on Flaminius, Liv. 21.63.7. See Degrassi 44f., 118, 440f. With his colleague, Flaminius won an important victory over the Insubrian Gauls (Polyb. 2.32-33); but other sources emphasize the portents that attended him, his neglect of the auspices, and disobedience to the Senate, which led to a senatorial demand for abdication of the consulate and refusal of a triumph (Liv. 21.63; 22.3; 22.6.3; 23.14.4; and cf. Per. 20; Sil. Ital. 4.704-6; 5.107-113, and 649-655; Plut. Marc. 4.2-5; 6.1; Fab. 2.4; Flor. 1.20.4; Oros. 4.13.14; Zon. 8.20; but no mention of abdication in Fast. Cap.). He celebrated a triumph De Galleis by popular vote (Act. Tr., Degrassi 78f., 550; Liv. 21.63.2; 23.14.4; Sil. Ital. 5.653-5; Plut. Marc. 4.2-5; cf. 6.1; Zon. 8.20). His colleague also was asked to abdicate his office (Plut. Marc. 4.3; 6.1; Zon. 8.20; also not noted in Fast. Cap.); and celebrated a triumph De Galleis et Liguribus (Act. Tr., Degrassi 78f., 550; Zon. 8.20). On coins celebrating these victories, see Grueber CRRBM 2.278 and 283, respectively; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 (1942) 163f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor 216 urbanus, Africa, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Election and provinces; Liv. 22.35.5-7 (Broughton MRR I)
    • Bardt (18) suggests two possible objections to the above identification. First, Livy makes no comment on a consular holding this praetorship; and second, a man so seriously wounded (in ultimo discrimine vitae) would hardly have lived to be Censor in 214. Livy however makes no comment on the other two consulars who held praetorships this year; nor do we know that the wound was fatal. Furthermore, it is improbable that the young P. Furius Philus, who reported the group who talked of abandoning Italy after Cannae, could have held a praetorship before 216 (Liv. 22.53.4-5). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Commanded the fleet when Marcellus went to Canusium (Liv. 22.57.8; App. Hann. 27), and was seriously wounded in a raid on Africa (Liv. 23.21.2). See also Liv. 22.55.1.{249} (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 727 (Brennan 2000)
  • Censor 214 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • They dealt severely with those, like Metellus, who thought of deserting Italy after Cannae, and those who had avoided military service without good reason (Liv. 24.11.6, and 18.1-15, and 43.2-5; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 46f., 119, 446f.; Val. Max. 2.9.8; 5.6.8). The death of Philus compelled Atilius to abdicate before completing the lustrum (Liv. 24.43.4; Fast. Cap.). As M. Fabius Buteo was the oldest living ex-Censor in 216 (see 216, Dictator) it is probable that he was named Princeps Senatus by these Censors and possible that he was so named in 220. See Liv. 27.11.9-12. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Augur 214 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • L. Quinctius Flamininus succeeded P. Furius Philus. Liv. 25.2.2; see 214, Censors. (Broughton MRR I)