Laetorius

Laetōrĭus, a,

• adj., the name of a Roman gens, Mart. 12, 26, 13 (but lex Plaetoria is the true reading, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61: id. N. D. 3, 30, 74; Cod. Th. 8, 12, 2).

Laetōrius, a, um, Name einer röm. plebej. gens, aus der bes. bekannt M. Laetorius, ein centurio primi pili, der im J. 495 v. Chr. zur Beschimpfung der Konsuln Appius Klaudius u. P. Servilius den Auftrag erhielt, den Tempel des Merkur einzuweihen, Liv. 2, 27. Val. Max. 9, 3, 6. – ein Geizhals Laetorius b. Mart. 12, 26, 13: subst., Laetōria, ae, f. (sc. lex), das lätorische Gesetz, Suet. fr. bei Prisc. 8, 21.

Lætōrĭus, (13) ĭī, m. , nom dʼhomme : Liv. 2, 27, 6 ; Val. Max. 9, 3, 6 ; Mart. 12, 29, 13 || -us, a, um, de Létorius [tribun de la plèbe], lex Lætoria, loi Létoria : Prisc. Gramm. 8, 21.

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1. M. Laetorius, a centurion primi pili, mentioned as the first plebeian magistrate, B. C. 495, chosen even before the secession to the Sacred Hill and the election of the first tribunes of the people; for there cannot be any doubt that this Laetorius was a plebeian, although it is not exactly stated by Livy (2.27). He was chosen to establish a guild of merchants (collegium mercatorum), to dedicate a temple of Mercury, and to superintend the corn market. From these functions it is probable that he was aedile, and the conclusion is obvious that the establishment of the plebeian aedileship preceded that of the tribuneship. (Comp. V. Max. 9.3.6.)

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2. C. Laetorius, was tribune of the people in B. C. 471, and by his courage and energy decided the success of the Publilian rogation, by which the comitia tributa obtained the power of legislating for the whole community, and of electing the plebeian magistrates, tribunes and aediles, who accordingly must have been chosen formerly either by the comitia curiata or centuriata, a disputed point on which see Dict. of Ant. s. v. Tribunus. (Liv. 2.56-58; Dionys. A. R. 9.41-49.) It seems not improbable that this Laetorius, if not a relation, was the same who, with the praenomen Marcus, occurs in the annals a few years before. [No. 1.]

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3. M. Laetorius Mergus, a military tribune during the third Samnite war (B. C. 298-290), was accused of adultery by the tribune of the people, Cominius. He first escaped and then killed himself, but the people passed sentence on him nevertheless. (V. Max. 6.1.11; Suid. s. v. Τάϊος Λαιτώρι ος; Dionys. Excerpt. Vales. p. 88, &c., ed Mai.)

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4. M. Laetorius Plancianus, magister equitum of the dictator Q. Ogulnius Gallus, B. C. 257. (Fast. Capit.)

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5. C. Laetorius, curule aedile, B. C. 216, sent as ambassador by the senate to the consuls App. Claudius and Q. Fulvius Flaccus, B. C. 212, praetor, B. C. 210, and decenlvir sacris faciundis, B. C. 209. (Liv. 23.30, 25.22, 26.23, 27.7, 8.)

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6. L. Laetorius, plebeian aedile in B. C. 202, was obliged to abdicate as his election was declared invalid on religious grounds. (Liv. 30.39.)

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7. Cn. Laetorius, legate of the praetor, L. Fulvius Purpureo in the battle against the Gauls, B. C. 200. (Liv. 31.21.)

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8. Laetorius, a friend of C. Gracchus, who on the wooden bridge opposed himself to the pursuers of Gracchus, and, as he could not stop then, killed himself. (V. Max. 4.7.2.) Plutarch (C. Gracch. 16, 17) calls him Licinnius.

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9. M. Laetorius, a senator of the party of Marius, was declared a public enemy by Sulla, escaped from Rome, and afterwards returned with Marius. (Appian, App. BC 1.60, &c.) [W.I]