Titus Lartius

Titus Larcius flavus from the gens Larcia was, according to tradition in the years 501 and 498 BC the Roman Consul. His colleagues were Postumus Cominius or Quintus Cloelius Siculus. During his first consulate he was appointed the first dictator of the Roman Republic.

His cognomen flavus is found only in Dionysius, Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae and in the Chronicon Paschale. Livy calls him without cognomen, Cassiodorus lists him as T. Largus. Why him temporarily also the cognomen Rufus was settled, is unclear.

His appointment as dictator was first mentioned by Cicero in his De re publica, which puts it in the ninth year after the expulsion of the kings, so 501 or 500 BC Of his dictatorship nothing definite has been handed down.

Titus Larcius is closely associated in tradition with the dedication of the Temple of Saturn. Robert Werner sees Larcius a " Prator maximus " of the monarchy, who held no office during the Republic.