Gaius Nautius Rutilus

Gaius Nautius Rutilus
Gaius Nautius Rutilus
Consul of the Roman Republic
	In office; 1 August 475 BC [1] – 31 July 474 BC Serving with Publius Valerius Poplicola (consul 475 BC)
Preceded by	Aulus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus, Spurius Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 476 BC)
Succeeded by	Lucius Furius Medullinus (consul 474 BC), Gnaeus Manlius Vulso (consul 474 BC)
	In office; 1 August 458 BC – 31 July 457 BC Serving with Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus
Preceded by	Quintus Fabius Vibulanus, Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus
Succeeded by	Gaius Horatius Pulvillus, Quintus Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus
Personal details
Born	Unknown; Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown; 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. Nautilus 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

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

Gaius Nautius Rutilus in Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, 2.53

Political offices
Preceded by Aulus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus Spurius Servilius Priscus Structus (consul 476 BC)	Consul of the Roman Republic with Publius Valerius Poplicola 475 BC	Succeeded by Lucius Furius Medullinus Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Preceded by Quintus Fabius Vibulanus III Lucius Cornelius Maluginensis Uritinus	Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus 458 BC	Succeeded by Gaius Horatius Pulvillus II Quintus Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus

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