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] 174 TRICIPTINUS. TRIGEMINUS.
establishment of the republic. [Vol. III. p. 978, writer informs us that Lucretius spoke against the
b.] Triciptinus was a member of the senate under removal to Veii.
Tarquinius, and was appointed Praefectus Urbi by TRICOLO'NUS (Tpl:o.Avos), two mythical
the king, when the latter left the city to prosecute personages, one a son of Lycaon, and founder of
the war against Ardea. After the dethronement Tricoloni in Arcadia (Paus. viii. 3. ~ 1), and the
of the king, and before the appointment of the other one of the suitors of Hippodameia, who was
consuls, Triciptinus, in virtue of his office of Prae- conquered and killed by Oenomaus. (Paus. vi.
fectus Urbi, had the government of the city. IHe 21. ~ 7.) [L. S.]
presided at the comitia, in which the first consuls TRICOSTUS, the name of an ancient family of
were elected, and for this purpose was probably the Virginia gens. Almost all the members of the
elected interrex by the patricians, as indeed is ex- Virginia gens belonged to this family, which bepressly stated by Dionysius (v. 11), and might be came so extensive that it was subdivided into
inferred from analogy. other families bearing the names of CAELIOMONTAThe two first consuls were L. Junius Brutus Nvs, ESQUILINuS, and RUTILUS. The two former
and L. Tarquinius Collatinus, B. c. 509; and after are spoken of under their respective names, and it
the death of Brutus in battle, in the course of the therefore only remains to treat here of the Tricosti,
same year, Triciptinus was elected to supply his who had no additional name, and of the Tricosti
place; but worn out by age, he died a few days Rutili.
after entering upon the office. (Liv. i. 58, 59, ii. 1. OPITER VIRGINIUS TRICOSTUS, consul B. C.
8; Dionys. iv. 76, 82, 84, v. 11, 19; Tac. Ann. vi. 502 with Sp. Cassius Viscellinus, carried on war
11; Cic. de Rep. ii. 31.) against the Aurunci and took Pometia, in conse2. T. LUCRETIUS T. F. TRICIPTINUS, consul in quence of which he and his colleague obtained a
n. c. 508 with P. Valerius Publicola, in which triumph. (Liv. ii. 17; Dionys. v. 49.)
year he fought against the Etruscans, who had 2. OPITER VIRGINIUS (TaiCOSTUS), consul
attacked Rome under Porsena, and he is said by B. c. 473 with L. Aemilius Mamercus, according
Dionysius to have been wounded in the battle. to Livy (ii. 54); but other authorities give VopisDionysius, however, places the invasion of Porsena cus Julius Julus in place of Virginius. [JULUs,
in the following year, and accordingly represents No. 3.]
Triciptinus as one of the generals of the Roman 3. L. VIRGINIUS TuICOSTUS, consul B. C. 435
army under the consuls. (Liv. ii. 8, 11; Dionys. with C. Julius Julus. (Liv. iv. 21; Diod. xii. 49.)
v. 20, 22, 23.) Triciptinus was consul a second Respecting the events of this year, see JUL s,
time in. c. 504 with P. Valerius Publicola,in which No. 4. Virginius and Julius were again consuls
year the consuls carried on the war against the in the following year, according to Licinius Macer;
Sabines with success. (Liv. ii. 16; Dionys. v. 40, but other authorities mentioned M. Manlius and
foil.) Q. Sulpicius as consuls, and others again relate that
3. LUCRETIUS (TRICIPTINUS), consul in B. c. there were no consuls but consular tribunes this
507 with P. Valerius Publicola, according to Livy year. (Liv. iv. 23.)
(ii. 15); but in Dionysius (v. 21) and the Fasti 4. L. VIRGINIUS TRICOSTUS, consular tribune
M. Horatius Pulvillus is mentioned instead as the B. c. 389, the year after Rome had been taken by
colleague of Publicola. [PULVILLUS, No. 1.] the Gauls. (Liv. vi. 1.)
4. L. LUCRETIUS T. F. T. N. TRICIPTINUS, son 5. PROCULUS VIRGINIUS TRICOSTUS RUTILUS,
of No. 2, was consul in B.C. 462 with T. Veturius consul B. c. 486 with Sp. Cassius Viscellinus,
Geminus Cicurinus. He fell upon the Volscians, marched against the Aequi;. but as they would
when they were returning from an invasion of the not meet him in the field, he returned to Rome
Roman territory laden with booty, and nearly after laying waste their territory. He took an
annihilated the whole army. He obtained in con- active part in opposing the agrarian law of his
sequence the honour of a triumph. In the follow- colleague. [VISCELLINUS.] (Liv. ii. 41; Dionys,
ing year he exerted himself warmly to save viii. 68, ix. 51.)
Kaeso Quintius, who was brought to trial by the 6. T. VIRGINIUS T. F. T. N. TRICOSTUS Rutribune Virginius. (Liv. iii. 8, 10, 12; Dionys. ix. TILUS, consul B. c. 479 with K. Fabius Vibulanus,
69-71.) Triciptinus is mentioned by Dionysius in which year the Fabia gens left Rome to carry
(xi. 15) as one of the distinguished senators who on the war alone against Veii. (Liv. ii. 48, 49
spoke in favour of the abolition of the decemvirate Dionys. ix. 14.) this Virginius was augur, and
in B. C. 449. died in 463 in the great pestilence which devas.
5. HosTus LUCRETIUS L. F. T. N. TwlCIPTI- tated Rome in that year. (Liv. iii. 7.)
NUS, son of No. 4, consul in B. c. 429 with L. 7. A. VIRGINIUS T. F. T. N. TRICOSTUS RUSergius Fidenas. (Liv. iv. 30.) TILUS, brother of No. 6, was consul in B. c. 476
6. P. LUCRETIUS HOSTI F. TRICIPTINUS, son with Sp. Servilius Priscus Structus. (Liv. ii. 51;
of No. 4, consular tribune in B.c. 419, and a Dionys. ix. 25.)
second time in 417. (Liv. iv. 44, 47.) TRIGE'MINUS, P. CURIA'TIUS FISTUS,
7. L. LUCRETIUS FLAVUS TRICIPTINUS, consul consul B. c. 453, and one of the first decemviin B.C. 393 with Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus, in rate, is spoken of under FiSTUS. The cognomen
which year he conquered the Aequi. He was Trigeminus shows that he pretended to be deconsular tribune in 391, when he gained a victory scended from one of the three Curiatii who fought
over the Volsinienses; and he held the same office with the Horatii; and it appears from coins, a
a second time in 388, a third time in 383, and a specimen of which is annexed, that some of the
fourth time in 381. (Liv. v. 29, 32, vi. 4, 21, 22.) Curatii in later times laid claim to a similar dePlutarch (Camill. 32) represents L. Lucretius as scent. On the obverse of the coin is the head of
the senator who was usually asked first for his Pallas with TRIGE (i. e. Tsigqeminius), and on the
opinion, probably because he was one of the few reverse a woman driving a quadriga with Victory
who had held the rank of consul; and the same standing behind her, and the legend c. vaR (C. Cu