Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus
{{Short description|Roman statesman, consul in 486 BC}}
Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus was a Roman statesman who served as Consul.
From his filiation, it appears likely that he was the son of Opiter Verginius Tricostus (consul 502 BC) and the brother of Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus (consul 479 BC), Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus (suffect consul 478 BC), and Aulus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus (consul 476 BC).
Consulship
In 486 BC Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus and Spurius Cassius Vecellinus were elected Consul.{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Brian|title=The rise of the Romans: the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, a chronology: volume one, 753BC-146BC|year=2008|publisher=Spellmount|location=Chalford|isbn=9781862273481|edition=1. publ. in the UK.|page=65}}{{cite book|last=Diodorus|author-link=Diodorus|title=The Persian wars to the fall of Athens: books 11-14.34 (480-401 BCE)|year=2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|location=Austin|isbn=9780292719392|edition=1st|editor=Peter Green|page=9}} Verginius marched against the AequiDionysius of Halicarnassus, Romaike Archaiologia, VIII. 68 and opposed the agrarian law of his colleague Cassius.Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, ii. 41.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 8.68, 9.51.
Cassius was accused of trying to create support in the populace and allies to seek kingship. In a partisan struggle, Verginius sided with the Roman patricians, and Cassius the Roman plebeians. Upon retirement from office, Cassius was condemned and put to death.Livy, 2.41
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References
- {{in lang|fr}} Livy, [http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/LIV/Intro.html Histoire romaine], [http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/LIV/II.html#II-41 Livre II, 41] sur le site de l'[http://bcs.fltr.ucl.ac.be/default.htm Université de Louvain] ;
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/ Antiquités romaines], [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/8C*.html#64 Livre VIII, 63-80] sur le site LacusCurtius.
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{{succession box|title=Consul of the Roman Republic|before=Titus Sicinius Sabinus and Gaius Aquillius Tuscus||after=Servius Cornelius Maluginensis Cossus and Quintus Fabius Vibulanus|years=with Spurius Cassius Vecellinus III
486 BC}}
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