Gaius Cornelius Cethegus

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Gaius Cornelius Cethegus was a politician of the Roman republic from the Cethegus brach of the gens Cornelia .

He became proconsul in Spain in 200 BC and was elected Aedile in absence. In this office he arranged magnificent plays. During his consulate in 197 BC he fought successfully in Gallia Cisalpina against the Insubrians and Cenomanes and received a triumph. He was elected censor in 194 BC. Along with Scipio Africanus and Marcus Minucius Rufus in 193 BC, he went as a commissioner to mediate an end to the war between Masinissa and Carthage.


Preceded by
Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus		 Consul of the Roman Republic
with Quintus Minucius Rufus
197 BC		 Succeeded by
Lucius Furius Purpureo and Marcus Claudius Marcellus
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