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Spurius Posthumius

Roman consul who surrendered to the Samnites at the Caudine Forks.

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Also known as Posthumius

First appearance: i

Spurius Posthumius shows up with force in XL: Of the creation of the Decemvirate in Rome, and what therein is to be noted.. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Sent to Athens along with two others to procure copies of Solon's laws as a basis for Roman law.

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Spurius Posthumius first appears in 0004 i.

In XL: Of the creation of the Decemvirate in Rome, and what therein is to be noted.: Sent to Athens along with two others to procure copies of Solon's laws as a basis for Roman law.

Later, in XLII: Consul who argued that the peace made under compulsion at Caudine Forks was not binding on Rome, offering himself as a prisoner to free the people from the promise.

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See Spurius Posthumius in XL: Of the creation of the Decemvirate in Rome, and what therein is to be noted.