Gaius Nautius Rutilus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office
1 August 475 BC [1]  31 July 474 BC
Preceded byAulus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus, Spurius Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 476 BC)
Succeeded byLucius Furius Medullinus (consul 474 BC), Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 474 BC)
In office
1 August 458 BC  31 July 457 BC
Preceded byQuintus Fabius Vibulanus, Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus
Succeeded byGaius Horatius Pulvillus, Quintus Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus
Personal details
BornUnknown
Ancient Rome
DiedUnknown
Ancient Rome

Gaius Nautius Rutilus was consul of the Roman Republic in 475 BC and 458 BC.

In his first consulship he was the senior consul, and his colleague was Publius Valerius Poplicola. Nautius was given command of Roman forces against the Volsci who had invaded Latium. Nautius ravaged the Volscian territory, but there was no significant engagement with the enemy.

Nautius held the consulship a second time in 458 BC with Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus. During his second consulship, he successfully carried on war against the Sabines. That same year, the Aequi attacked the allied city of Tusculum and defeated his colleague, Minucius. Nautius Rutilus returned to Rome to oversee the Roman Senate electing a dictator, Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, to deal with the invaders.

Nautius was probably the brother, or perhaps the son of Spurius Nautius Rutilus, consul in 488 BC.

References

  1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.


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