Lucius Veturius Philo

Lucius Veturius Philo was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 220 BC, dictator in 217 BC (during the Second Punic War), and censor 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 byPublius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus
Succeeded byLucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator
Dictator of the Roman Republic
In office
217 BC
Censor of the Roman Republic
In office
210 BC

Another Lucius Veturius Philo was also consul in 206 BC (and praetor peregrinus in 209, assigned the province of Gaul).[3][4]

References

  1. Livy (2006). Ab Urbe Condita Libri. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 103.
  2. 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.
  3. Livy, 27.6
  4. Livy, 27.10
Political offices
Preceded by
Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus
Consul of the Roman Republic
220 BC
With: Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Quintus Mucius Scaevola and Quintus Lutatius Catullus
Succeeded by
Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator
Preceded by
Gaius Claudius Nero and Marcus Livius Salinator
Consul of the Roman Republic
206 BC
With: Quintus Caecilius Metellus
Succeeded by
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives
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