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4th-century BCE Roman consulGnaeus Genucius Aventinensis, M. F. M. N., was a nobleman of ancient Rome of the Genucia gens. He served as consul in 363 BCE, in which year the senate was chiefly occupied in endeavoring to appease the anger of the gods, owing to the severe pestilence and flooding that Rome was suffering. To this end, Lucius Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus was nominated to the office of dictator to perform the rite of clavum fingere to mollify the angry gods.
He and his family are notable in being among the very few plebeians to ever hold the office of consul.
He was the brother of the Lucius Genucius Aventinensis who was consul in 365 BCE, and may have been the father or grandfather of the Lucius Genucius Aventinensis who was consul in 303 BCE.
References
- Livy, Ab Urbe Condita Libri 7.3
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 16.2
- Wilson, Mark (2021). Dictator: The Evolution of the Roman Dictatorship. University of Michigan Press. p. 356. ISBN 9780472129201. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- Livy vii. 3
- Diodorus Siculus, xvi. 2.
- ^ Bergk, Alexander (2011). "The development of the praetorship in the third century BC". In Duplá, Antonio; Polo, Francisco Pina; Beck, Hans; Jehne, Martin (eds.). Consuls and Res Publica: Holding High Office in the Roman Republic. Cambridge University Press. p. 65. ISBN 9781139497190. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
- Oakley, S. P. (2007). A Commentary on Livy, Books VI-X. Vol. 4. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199237852. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
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| Preceded byGaius Sulpicius Peticus and Gaius Licinius Calvus |
Consul of the Roman Republic 363 BC with Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus |
Succeeded byQuintus Servilius Ahala and Lucius Genucius Aventinensis |
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William (1870). "Aventinensis (2)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 418.