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Quintus Publilius Philo
Quintus Publilius Philo was a Roman politician who lived during the 4th century BC. His birth date is not provided by extant sources, however, a reasonable estimate is about 365 BC, since he first became consul in 339 BC at a time when consuls could be elected in their twenties (Livy 7.26.12). His Greek cognomen ‘Philo’ was unique to his family.
His family was plebeian, and the gens won its first attested election via Publilius Volero as tribune in 472 BC.[1] Volero passed two important pieces of legislation which increased the power of a Tribune.[2] Philo came from a family accustomed to promoting the rights of the plebs.
- ^ Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth (2005). The Oxford Classical Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
- ^ Broughton, T.Robert. S. (1984). Magistrates of the Roman Republic. Atlanta, Ga. : Scholars Press. pp. 29, 30. ISBN 9780891308126.
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