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Tiberius Coruncanius (died 241 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 280 BC. As a military commander in that year and the following, he was known for the battles against Pyrrhus of Epirus that led to the expression "Pyrrhic victory". He was the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus, and possibly the first teacher of Roman law to offer public instruction.

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Tiberius Coruncanius

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Tiberius Coruncanius (died 241 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 280 BC. As a military commander in that year and the following, he was known for...

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Pyrrhic War

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that Pyrrhus himself saw that the Roman army was now large because Tiberius Coruncanius, the other consul, "came from Etruria and joined his forces with...

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Publius Valerius Laevinus

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Pyrrhus who had beaten Laevinus. Laevinus was consul, along with Tiberius Coruncanius, in 280 BC. Valeria (gens) Pyrrhic War The Life of Pyrrhus by Plutarch...

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Lex Ogulnia

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(including the pontifex maximus), and led to the appointment of Tiberius Coruncanius, the first plebeian pontifex maximus, in 254 BC. The law further...

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253 BC

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ships is wrecked on the voyage from Lilybaeum (in Sicily) to Rome. Tiberius Coruncanius is the first plebeian to be elected pontifex maximus of Rome. Alexander...

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Coruncania gens

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prominence was Tiberius Coruncanius, a novus homo who became consul in 280 BC, and dictator in 246. According to Cicero, Tiberius Coruncanius was a native...

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List of ancient Romans

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Cornutus Tertullus - proconsul Gaius Coruncanius - ambassador Lucius Coruncanius - ambassador Tiberius Coruncanius - consul Titus Statilius Taurus Corvinus...

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Battle of Heraclea

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behind to secure Rome. A third army under the command of consul Tiberius Coruncanius marched against Etruscans, to avoid an alliance between them and...

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250s BC

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ships is wrecked on the voyage from Lilybaeum (in Sicily) to Rome. Tiberius Coruncanius is the first plebeian to be elected pontifex maximus of Rome. Alexander...

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Pontifex maximus

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exclusivity of the title was lost. But it was only in 254 BC that Tiberius Coruncanius became the first plebeian pontifex maximus. The lex Ogulnia also...

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Pyrrhus of Epirus

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Meanwhile, the Romans had made peace with the Etruscans and had recalled Tiberius Coruncanius, the other consul, who was marching his army southwards from Etruria...

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241 BC

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BC, liberator of the city from the overlordship of the Seleucids Tiberius Coruncanius, Roman consul and military commander for the battles against Pyrrhus...

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List of Roman dictators

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249 505 Aulus Atilius Calatinus Lucius Caecilius Metellus 246 508 Tiberius Coruncanius Marcus Fulvius Flaccus comitiorum habendorum causa 231 523 Gaius...

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Vulci

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BC. Nevertheless, Vulci was strong enough to further resist until Tiberius Coruncanius triumphed over Vulci in 280 BC and the colonia of Cosa was founded...

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Legal education

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would train in schools of rhetoric. Around the third century BCE Tiberius Coruncanius began teaching law as a separate discipline. His public legal instruction...

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240s BC

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BC, liberator of the city from the overlordship of the Seleucids Tiberius Coruncanius, Roman consul and military commander for the battles against Pyrrhus...

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Rofalco

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(tr. “over the people of Vulsinii and Vulcii”) by the Roman consul Tiberius Coruncanius in 280 BCE (Fasti Triumphales, 280/279, Feb. 1st). The defeat of...

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List of pontifices maximi

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praenomen was Gnaeus, the father of the consul of 298 ca. 254–243: Tiberius Coruncanius, first plebeian to become Pontifex Maximus, and first Roman jurist...

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Marcia gens

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probably appointed between 254 and 243 BC, during the tenure of Tiberius Coruncanius, himself the first plebeian Pontifex Maximus. He died in 210. Publius...

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Lucius Aemilius Barbula

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Quintus Aemilius Papus Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Marcius Philippus 281 BC Succeeded by Publius Valerius Laevinus and Tiberius Coruncanius...

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List of state leaders in the 3rd century BC

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Marcius Philippus, Consul 280 Publius Valerius Laevinus, Consul Tiberius Coruncanius, Consul 279 Publius Sulpicius Saverrio, Consul Publius Decius Mus...

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Illyrian warfare

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rebel invasion. Augustus ordered Tiberius to break off operations in Germany and move his main army to Illyricum. Tiberius sent Marcus Valerius Messalla...

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List of Roman consuls

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Justinus Augustus 568: Justinus Augustus II 579: Tiberius Constantinus Augustus 583: Mauricius Tiberius Augustus 603: Phocas Augustus 608: Heraclius & Heraclius...

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