Lucius Veturius Philo (consul 220 BC) explained

Lucius Veturius Philo
Consul of the Roman Republic
Term:220 BC
Alongside:Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Quintus Mucius Scaevola and Quintus Lutatius Catullus
Predecessor:Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus
Successor:Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator
Title2:Dictator of the Roman Republic
Term2:217 BC
Title3:Censor of the Roman Republic
Term3:210 BC

Lucius Veturius Philo (d. 210 BC) was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 220 BC, dictator in 217 BC (during the Second Punic War), and censor (magistrate in charge of the census and other matters) in 210 BC. Irregularities were found in his appointment as dictator and he resigned after fourteen days.[1] [2] He was a member of the gens Veturia.

He was the father of another Lucius Veturius Philo, who served as consul in 206 BC (and praetor peregrinus in 209, assigned the province of Gaul).[3] [4]

Philo died in 210 BC, while serving as censor, before he had the chance to enter the senate or "transact any public business whatsoever". The other censor, Publius Licinius Crassus, immediately resigned the censorship upon the death of his colleague.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ab Urbe Condita Libri. Livy. Livy. Oxford University Press. 2006. Oxford. 103.
  2. Book: Kaplan, Arthur. Dictatorships and ultimate decrees in the early Roman Republic, 501-202 B.C.. Studies in classical civilization. 1977. Revisionist Press. New York. 978-0-87700-251-2. 123.
  3. Livy, 27.6
  4. Livy, 27.10
  5. Web site: Fasti Capitolini (1) - translation. 2021-04-15. www.attalus.org.
  6. Book: Livy. From the Founding of the City.