Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus (consul 494 BC)

Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus is a figure of the early Roman Republic and alleged consul of the year 494 BC His counterpart was Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caelimontanus.

His name is preserved in the following variants: T. Vetusius ( Livy II 28, 1 with incomplete rhotacism, from Cassiodorus ), Τῖτος Οὐετούριος Γέμινος ( Dionysius of Halicarnassus VI 34, 1). In the Fasti Capitolini, the name does not appear; However, he is in the Chronicon Paschale and in the Fasti Hydat. testifies ( there in corrupt form: Vitellino III).

The cognomen Geminus ( "twin" ) refers to his ( alleged ) twin brother Veturius Geminus Cicurinus, the BC was consul in the year 499. His son of the same was consul in the year 462 BC, see Titus Veturius Geminus Cicurinus (consul 462 BC).

As consul he chose with his counterpart the Manius Valerius Maximus dictator to force the people into military service. This set of ten legions, of which he himself four, the consuls commanded three. In Veturius ' struggles against the Aequians are not historically preserved in its details. He is said to have expelled them from Lazio, have failed in the counter-attack on their positions in the mountains, however.