Tribuni militum consulari potestate
The tribuni militum consulari potestate ("military tribunes with consular authority"), in English commonly also Consular Tribunes, were tribunes elected with consular power during the "Conflict of the Orders" in the Roman Republic, starting in 444 BC and then continuously from 408 BC to 394 BC and again from 391 BC to 367 BC.
According to the histories of Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the magistracy of the tribuni militum consulari potestate was created during the Conflict of the Orders, along with the magistracy of the censor, in order to give the Plebeian order access to higher levels of government without having to reform the office of consul; plebeians could be elected to the office of Consular Tribune.
The choice whether a collegium of Consular Tribunes or consuls were to be elected for a given year was made by senatus consultum[1], and thus we see periods of either office interspersed with the other. The number of Consular Tribunes varied from 2 to 6, and because they were considered colleagues of the two censors, there is sometimes mention of the "eight tribunes".
The practice of electing consular tribunes came to a definitive end in 366 BC, when the Lex Licinia Sextia took effect, allowing the Plebeian order access to the office of consul.
Notes
- ^ Titus Livius, Ab Urbe condita libri, IV, 12, 4
Consular Tribunes by year
Presented by Varronian chronology. For more information on deciphering early Roman names, see Roman names.
444 BC
438 BC
- Mam. Aemilius Mamercinus
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- L. Iulius Iullus
434 BC
- Ser. Cornelius Cossus
- M. Manlius Capitolinus
- Q. Sulpicius Camerinus Praetextatus
433 BC
- M. Fabius Vibulanus
- M. Folius Flaccinator
- L. Sergius Fidenas
432 BC
- L. Pinarius Mamercinus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- Sp. Postumius Albus Regillensis
426 BC
- T. Quinctius Poenus Cincinnatus
- C. Furius Pacilus Fusus
- M. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- A. Cornelius Cossus
425 BC
- A. Sempronius Atratinus
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- L. Horatius Barbatus
424 BC
- Ap. Claudius Crassus
- Sp. Nautius Rutilus
- L. Sergius Fidenas
- Sex. Iulius Iullus
422 BC
- L. Manlius Capitolinus
- Q. Antonius Merenda
- L. Papirius Mugillanus
420 BC
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- M. Manlius Vulso
- A. Sempronius Atratinus
419 BC
- Agrippa Menenius Lanatus
- P. Lucretius Tricipitinus
- Sp. Nautius Rutilus
- C. Servilius Axilla
418 BC
- L. Sergius Fidenas
- M. Papirius Mugillanus
- C. Servilius Axilla
417 BC
- P. Lucretius Tricipitinus
- Agrippa Menenius Lanatus
- C. Servilius Axilla
- Sp. Rutilius Crassus
416 BC
- A. Sempronius Atratinus
- M. Papirius Mugillanus
- Q. Fabius Vibulanus
- Sp. Nautius Rutilus
415 BC
- P. Cornelius Cossus
- C. Valerius Potitus Volusus
- N. Fabius Vibulanus
- Q. Quinctius Cincinnatus
414 BC
- Cn. Cornelius Cossus
- L. Valerius Potitus
- Q. Fabius Vibulanus
- P. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
408 BC
407 BC
406 BC
- P. Cornelius Rutilus Cossus
- Cn. Cornelius Cossus
- N. Fabius Ambustus
- L. Valerius Potitus
405 BC
- T. Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus
- Q. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- C. Iulius Iullus
- A. Manlius Vulso Capitolinus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- M'. Aemilius Mamercinus
404 BC
- C. Valerius Potitus Volusus
- M'. Sergius Fidenas
- P. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Cn. Cornelius Cossus
- K. Fabius Ambustus
- Sp. Nautius Rutilus
403 BC
- M'. Aemilius Mamercinus
- L. Valerius Potitus
- Ap. Claudius Crassus Inregillensis
- M. Quinctilius Varus
- L. Iulius Iullus
- M. Furius Fusus
- M. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- M. Postumius
402 BC
- C. Servilius Ahala
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- L. Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus
- Q. Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus
- A. Manlius Vulso Capitolinus
- M'. Sergius Fidenas
401 BC
- L. Valerius Potitus
- M. Furius Camillus
- M'. Aemilius Mamercinus
- Cn. Cornelius Cossus
- K. Fabius Ambustus
- L. Iulius Iullus
400 BC
- P. Licinius Calvus Esquilinus
- P. Manlius Vulso
- L. Titinius Pansa Saccus
- P. Maelius Capitolinus
- Sp. Furius Medullinus
- L. Publilius Philo Vulscus
399 BC
- Cn. Genucius Augurinus
- L. Atilius Priscus
- M. Pomponius Rufus
- C. Duillius Longus
- M. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus
- Volero Publilius Philo
398 BC
- L. Valerius Potitus
- M. Valerius Lactucinus Maximus
- M. Furius Camillus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- Q. Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus
397 BC
- L. Iulius Iullus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- L. Sergius Fidenas
- A. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- P. Cornelius Maluginensis
- A. Manlius Vulso Capitolinus
396 BC
- L. Titinius Pansa Saccus
- P. Licinius Calvus Esquilinus
- P. Maelius Capitolinus
- Q. Manlius Vulso Capitolinus
- Cn. Genucius Augurinus
- L. Atilius Priscus
395 BC
- P. Cornelius Cossus
- P. Cornelius Scipio
- K. Fabius Ambustus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- M. Valerius Lactucinus Maximus
394 BC
- M. Furius Camillus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- C. Aemilius Mamercinus
- L. Valerius Publicola
- Sp. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- P. Cornelius
391 BC
- L. Lucretius Tricipitinus Flavus
- Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- L. Furius Medullinus
- Agrippa Furius Fusus
- C. Aemilius Mamercinus
390 BC
389 BC
- L. Valerius Publicola
- L. Verginius Tricostus
- P. Cornelius
- A. Manlius Capitolinus
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- L. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
388 BC
- T. Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- L. Iulius Iullus
- L. Aquilius Corvus
- L. Lucretius Flavus Tricipitinus
- Ser. Sulipicius Rufus
387 BC
- L. Papirius Cursor
- Cn. Sergius Fidenas Coxo
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- Licinus Menentius Lanatus
- L. Valerius Publicola
- L. Cornelius
386 BC
- M. Furius Camillus
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- L. Horatius Pulvillus
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
385 BC
- A. Manlius Capitolinus
- P. Cornelius
- T. Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus
- L. Papirius Cursor
- Cn. Sergius Fidenas Coxo
384 BC
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
- M. Furius Camillus
- Ser. Sulpicius Rufus
- C. Papirius Crassus
- T. Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus
383 BC
- L. Valerius Publicola
- A. Manlius Capitolinus
- Ser. Sulpicius Rufus
- L. Lucretius Flavus Tricipitinus
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- M. Trebonius
382 BC
- Sp. Papirius Crassus
- L. Papirius Mugillanus
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- C. Sulpicius Camerinus
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
381 BC
- M. Furius Camillus
- A. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- L. Postumius Albinus Regillensis
- L. Furius Medullinus
- L. Lucretius Tricipitinus Flavus
- M. Fabius Ambustus
380 BC
- L. Valerius Publicola
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Licinus Menentius Lanatus
- C. Sulpicius Peticus
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- Cn. Sergius Fidenas Coxo
- Ti. Papirius Crassus
- L. Papirius Mugillanus
379 BC
- P. Manlius Capitolinus
- C. Manlius
- L. Iulius Iullus
- C. Sextilius
- M. Albinius
- L. Antistius
378 BC
- Sp. Furius
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- Licinus Menenius Lanatus
- P. Cloelius Siculus
- M. Horatius
- L. Geganius Macerinus
377 BC
- L. Aemilius Mamercinus
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
- C. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus
- Ser. Sulpicius Rufus
- L. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- C. Quinctius Cincinnatus
376 BC
- L. Papirius Mugillanus
- Licinus Menenius Lanatus
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Ser. Sulpicius Praetextatus
370 BC
- L. Furius Medullinus
- A. Manlius Capitolinus
- Ser. Sulpicius Praetextatus
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
- C. Valerius Potitus
369 BC
- Q. Servilius Fidenas
- C. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus
- A. Cornelius Cossus
- M. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Q. Quinctius Cincinnatus
- M. Fabius Ambustus
368 BC
- T. Quinctius Cincinnatus Capitolinus
- Ser. Cornelius Maluginensis
- Ser. Sulpicius Praetextatus
- Sp. Servilius Structus
- L. Papirius Crassus
- L. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus
367 BC
- A. Cornelius Cossus
- M. Cornelius Maluginensis
- M. Geganius Macerinus
- P. Manlius Capitolinus
- L. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus
- P. Valerius Potitus Publicola
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