Cicurinus

the name of a patrician family of the Veturia gens. Varro says (L. L. 7.91, ed. Miller), that the Veturii obtained the surname of Cicurii from their quiet and domesticated (cicur) disposition. Cicurinus seems to have been the name of two distinct families of the Veturia gens, which were called respectively the Crassi Cicurini and Gemini Cicurini: the members of each are given below in chronological order.

1. P. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus, consul B. C. 499 with T. Aebutius Elva. In this year siege was laid to Fidenae, Crustumeria was taken, and Praeneste revolted from the Latins to the Romans. In Livy (2.19) his praenomen is Caius, but Dionysius (5.58) has Publius; and the latter name is preferable, as it seems likely enough that the P. Veturius, who was one of the first two quaestors, was the same as the consul. (Plut. Poplic. 12.)

2. T. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus, consul B. C. 494 with A. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomantanus, in which year the plebs seceded to the sacred mountain, and the tribunate of the plebs was established. Cicurinus was sent against the Aequi, who invaded the Latin territory this year; but they retired at his approach, and took refuge in the mountains. (Liv. 2.28_30; Dionys. A. R. 6.34; Ascon. in Cornel. p. 76, ed. Orelli.)

3. T. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus, consli B. C. 462, with L. Lucretius Triciptinus, defeated the Volsci, and on this account entered the city with the honour of an ovation. (Liv. 3.8, 10; Dionys. A. R. 9.69; Diod. 11.81.)

4. C. Veturius P. F. Geminus Cicurinus, consul B. C. 455 with T. Romilius Rocus Vaticanus, marched with his colleague against the Aequi. They defeated the enemy, and gained immense booty, which however they did not distribute among the soldiers, but sold on account of the poverty of the treasury. They were in consequence both brought to trial in the next year: Veturius was accused by L. Alienus, the plebeian aedile, and sentenced to pay a fine of 10,000 asses. As some compensation for his ill-treatment by the plebeians he was elected augur in 453. (Liv. 3.31, 32; Dionys. A. R. 10.33; Diod. 12.5.)

5. Sp. Veturius SP. F. P. N. Crassus Cicurinus, one of the first decemvirate, B. C. 451 (Fast. Capitol.), called L. Veturius by Livy (3.33) and T. Veturius by Dionysius (10.56).

6. Sp. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus, consular tribune in B. C. 417. Livy (3.47) calls him Sp. Rutilius Crassus; but this no doubt is a false reading, for Diodorus (13.7) has Sp. Veturius, and the Rutilia gens was moreover plebeian, and had not the cognomen of Crassus.

7. M. Veturius TI. F. SP.N. Crassus Cicurinus, consular tribune B. C. 399,--the only patrician elected this year; his five colleagues were all plebeians. (Liv. 5.13; Diod. 14.54.)

8. C. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus, consular tribune B. C. 377, and a second time in 369 during the agitation of the Licinian laws. (Liv. 6.32, 36; Diod. 15.61, 77.)

9. L. Veturius SP. N. Crassus Cicurinus, L. F., consular tribune two years successively, B. C. 368, 367, in the latter of which years the Licinian laws were carried. (Liv. 6.38, 42.)