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.
Lucius Veturius Philo | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 220 BC | |
| Preceded by | Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus |
| Succeeded by | Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator |
| Dictator of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 217 BC | |
| Censor of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 210 BC | |
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]
References
edit- ^ Livy (2006). Ab Urbe Condita Libri. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 103.
- ^ Kaplan, Arthur (1977). Dictatorships and ultimate decrees in the early Roman Republic, 501-202 B.C. Studies in classical civilization. New York: Revisionist Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-87700-251-2.
- ^ Livy, 27.6
- ^ Livy, 27.10
- ^ "Fasti Capitolini (1) - translation". www.attalus.org. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Livy. From the Founding of the City.