Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Coriolanus, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
5th-century BC Roman general
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Antium
- Spouse
- Volumnia
- Mother
- Veturia
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Image
- Wilhelm Wandschneider - Coriolan in Plau am See.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- date of birth
- 0600-00-00
- date of death
- 0500-00-00
- Commons category
- Coriolanus
- praenomen
- Gaius
- gens
- Marcia gens
- name in native language
- C.Marcius Coriolanus
- floruit
- 0500-00-00
- P8168
- Srednyaya Gryaznaya
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Coriolanus at the Walls of Rome by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman general who is said to have lived in the 5th century BC. He received his toponymic cognomen "Coriolanus" following his courageous actions during a Roman siege of the Volscian city of Corioli. He was subsequently exiled from Rome, and led troops of Rome's enemy the Volsci to besiege the city.
In later ancient times, it was generally accepted by historians that Coriolanus was a real historical individual, and a consensus narrative story of his life appeared, retold by leading historians such as Livy, Plutarch, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. More recent scholarship has cast doubt on the historicity of Coriolanus, with some portraying him as either a wholly legendary figure or at least disputing the accuracy of the conventional story of his life or the timing of the events.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.