Lucius Veturius Philo

Lucius Veturius Philo was a Roman statesman who served as consul in 220 BC, dictator in 217 BC (during the Second Punic War), and censor in 210 BC. Irregularities were found in his appointment as dictator and he resigned after fourteen days.[1][2] He was a member of the gens Veturia.

Lucius Veturius Philo
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office 220 BC
Preceded by	Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus
Succeeded by	Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator
Dictator of the Roman Republic
In office 217 BC
Censor of the Roman Republic
In office 210 BC

Another Lucius Veturius Philo was also consul in 206 BC (and praetor peregrinus in 209, assigned the province of Gaul).[3][4]

References

1. Livy (2006). Ab Urbe Condita Libri. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 103.
2. Kaplan, Arthur (1977). Dictatorships and ultimate decrees in the early Roman Republic, 501-202 B.C. Studies in classical civilization. New York: Revisionist Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-87700-251-2.
3. Livy, 27.6
4. Livy, 27.10

Political offices
Preceded by Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina and Marcus Minucius Rufus	Consul of the Roman Republic 220 BC With: Marcus Valerius Laevinus, Quintus Mucius Scaevola and Quintus Lutatius Catullus	Succeeded by Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Marcus Livius Salinator
Preceded by Gaius Claudius Nero and Marcus Livius Salinator	Consul of the Roman Republic 206 BC With: Quintus Caecilius Metellus	Succeeded by Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Publius Licinius Crassus Dives