Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

SEMP0833 Ti. Sempronius (66) C. f. C. n. Longus

Life Dates

  • Before 250?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 210, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

father of
Ti. Sempronius (67) Ti. f. C. n. Longus (cos. 194) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. XXXIV 42.3

Career

  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis? 220 to 211 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Consul 218 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Polyb. 4.66.9; Liv. 21.6.3, and 15.4-6; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 44 ([- - - -]n. Scipio; Sempronius' name entire), 118, 442f.; Ascon. 3 C;{238} Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.14.3; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.23; cf. Fast. Fer. Lat., Degrassi 148f. See Degrassi 118, 442f. Scipio was assigned the province of Spain (Polyb. 3.40.2, and 41.2; 5.1.4; Liv. 21.17.1 and 6; App. Ib. 14; Eutrop. 3.8; cf. Nep. Hann. 4), but returned from Massilia to fight Hannibal in northern Italy (Polyb. 3.49.1-4, and 61.1; Liv. 21.32.1-5, and 39.3; Sil. It. 4.51-52; App. Hann. 7; Zon. 8.23). He led the Roman forces at the Ticinus, and, after the Trebia, at Placentia (Polyb. 3.54.1, and 79.11; Nep. Hann. 4; Liv. 21.39.4-47.3, and 52.1-57.14; Val. Max. 5.4.2; Frontin. Str. 2.5.23; Sil. It. 4.56-703; Flor. 1.22.12; App. Hann. 7; Auct. Vir. Ill. 42.3; Ampel. 28; Eutrop. 3.9; Oros. 4.14.6-7; Zon. 8.23-24). Sempronius was assigned Sicily and Africa (Polyb. 3.40.2, and 41.2-8; 5.1.4; Liv. 21.17.1 and 5, and 49.3-51.7; App. Ib. 14; Eutrop. 3.8; Zon. 8.23), whence he hastened to join Scipio against Hannibal and fought at the Trebia (Polyb. 3.61.7-12, and 68.13-74.11; Nep. Hann. 4; Liv. 21.48.7-8, and 51.5-7, and 52.1-56.9; Frontin. Str. 2.5.23; Sil. It. 4.480-703; Flor. 1.22.12; App. Hann. 6; Auct. Vir. Ill. 42.3; Ampel. 28; Oros. 4.14.7; Zon. 8.24). He held the elections at Rome and returned to Placentia (Liv. 21.57.1-4, and 59.1-10; cf. Polyb. 3.75.1-3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 215 Lucania (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fought successfully against Hanno near Grumentum (Liv. 23.37.10-11) . (Broughton MRR I)
    • The reliability of this episode has been questioned (Hesselbarth 472, note 1), and no title is given. If the account is accepted, Sempronius would presumably have been a deputy of M. Valerius Laevinus in whose province he was fighting. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Decemvir Sacris Faciundis 210 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Ti. Sempronius Ti. f. Longus succeeded Ti. Sempronius C. f. Longus. (Broughton MRR I)

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