Publius Cornelius Cethegus (consul 181 BC)

Publius Cornelius Cethegus was a Roman politician and member of the branch of the gens Cetheger of Cornelius.

It was in the year 187 BC kurulischer aedile and praetor two years later. High point in the career of Cethegus was the consulate on the side of his colleague Marcus Baebius Tamphilus in the year 181 BC Together they issued the first law against official surreptitiously ( ambitus ) in Roman history. In the year after his consulate Cethegus was proconsul in Liguria and Samnium. 173 BC, he was one of a commission to distribute the conquered country to ( decemvir agris dandis assign andis ).