Titus Sicinius Sabinus

Roman politician and soldier, consul in 487 BC

Titus Sicinius (Sabinus?) or Siccius (fl. c. 487 BC - 480 BC) was a Roman Republican politician during the beginning of the 5th century BC. He served as Consul of Rome in 487 BC, serving together with Gaius Aquillius Tuscus.[1][2][3]

## Family origins

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The Sicinius gens has been traditionally known as a plebeian family although it also had a singular Patrician branch of which it is likely Titus Sicinius belonged. He is the only member of his gens to ever rise to the office of Consul of Rome. Although no other members of this gens, almost all of whom were Plebeian, rose to that high office, many were later to go on to become significant members in the Patrician-Plebeian struggles that dominated the mid to late republican period.

## Biography

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During the consulship of Sicinius and Aquillius, wars were waged against each of the Volsci and the Hernici. Livy says that Sicinius was given leadership against the former, and Aquillius the latter,[1] although Dionysius of Halicarnassus suggests they were both involved in each war.[4] Dionysius also records that Sicinius was awarded a triumph for his victory over the Volsci, and an ovation against the Hernici.

Sicinius served later as a legate under the command of Marcus Fabius Vibulanus in 480 BC.[5]

## See also

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* List of Roman Republican consuls
* Roman Republic
* Sicinia gens

## References

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1. ^ a b Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.40
2. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 8.64
3. ^ Les gentes romaines, A, Aquillia Archived 2009-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 8.64-67
5. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 9.12-14

### Bibliography

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Smith, Sir William (2005) [First published 1867]. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Wood. Smith, William, Sir, ed. 1813-1893. Vol. 3 (1813-1893 ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Co. p. 691a.

### External links

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* Titus Siccius Sabinus auf imperiumromanum.com (in German)

Political offices

Preceded by

Spurius Nautius Rutilus
Sextus Furius

|  Roman consul
487 BC
with Gaius Aquillius Tuscus | Succeeded by

Spurius Cassius Vecellinus III
Proculus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus
*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)
*[c.]: circa