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history of the college: the decemuiriof 451 b.c.e.are listed; at 309 and 301 b.c.e.it
is noted that the dictator and master of horse were in a year without consuls; the
consuls of 367 b.c.e.are followed by the notice consules e plebe primum creari coepti
(“Consuls first began to be elected from the plebs”); and after the consuls of 172
b.c.e.(fig. 7, line 4; fig. 8, line 3), we read ambo primi de plebe(“the first both to
come from the plebs”).^42 The first year of a few major wars is marked, the earliest
of which is Bellum Punicum Primum,in the center of the line above the names of
the consuls of 264 b.c.e.; in figures 7 and 8, above the names of the consuls of 171
b.c.e.is written Bellum Persicum,marking the beginning of the war against King
Perseus of Macedon in that year (fig. 7, line 5; fig. 8, line 4). [Place Figures 6, 7, and 8 near here]
Figure6.
The Capitoline Fasti for the years 260 – 154 b.c.e., showing two ranks of paired names
of consuls. Degrassi 1947, Tab. XXXV.
[To view this image, refer to
the print version of this title.]