Caeliomontanus

(not Cœliomontanus), the name of a family of the Virginia gens. Almost all the members of this gens had the surname Tricostus, and the name of Caeliomontanus was undoubtedly given to the family dwelling on the Caelian hill, to distinguish it from others of the same gens.

1. T. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, consul B. C. 496 with A. Postumius Albus Regillensis, in which year, according to some annalists, the battle at the lake Regillus was fought. According to the same accounts, Postumius resigned the consulship because he suspected his colleague, and was afterwards made dictator. The battle, however, is usually placed two years earlier. [Albinus, No. 1.] (Liv. 2.21; Dionys. A. R. 6.2.)

2. A. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, A. F., called by Dionysius A. Virginius Montanus, consul B. C. 494, the year in which the plebs seceded to the Sacred Mountain. Previous to the secession he had marched against the Volsci, whom he had defeated in battle, and had taken one of their chief towns, Velitrae. He is mentioned by Dionysius as one of the ten envoys sent by the senate to treat with the plebs. (Liv. 2.28_30 ; Dionys. A. R. 6.34, 42, 69; Ascon. in Cornel. p. 76, ed. Orelli.)

3. A. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, A. F. A. N., son of No. 2, consul in 469, marched against the Aequi, whom he eventually defeated through the valour of his soldiers, though his army was nearly destroyed in consequence of his own negligence. (Liv. 2.63; Dionys. A. R. 9.56; Diod. 11.70.)

4. Sp. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, A. F. A. N., son of No. 2, consul B. C. 456, in whose consulship the ludi saeculares are said to have been celebrated the second time. (Liv. 3.31; Dionys. A. R. 10.31; Diod. 12.4; Censor. de Die Nat. 17.)

5. T. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus, T. F., consul B. C. 448. (Liv. 3.65; Dionys. A. R. 11.51; Diod. 12.27.)