# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aulus-cornelius-cossus-q772631
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:55:24.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aulus-cornelius-cossus-q772631"
name: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus"
slug: "aulus-cornelius-cossus-q772631"
description: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus was a Roman general in the early Republic. He is famous for being the second Roman, after Romulus, to be awarded the spolia opima, Rome's highest military honour, for killing the commander of an enemy army in single combat. Only three Romans ever achieved this feat, but a fourth winner was officially denied the honour by a jealous Consul Caesar Octavianus who insisted the honour was limited exclusively to Roman commanders. Cornelius Cossus proved otherwise."
tagline: "5th-century BC Roman general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A._Cornelius_Cosens_kills_with_his_own_hand_Sarte_Tolumnius%2C_king_of_the_Veientines%2C_437_BC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "-500"
deathDate: "-500"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.022068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Авл Корнелій Косс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB_428_%D0%BF%D1%80.%D0%BD.%D0%B5.)"
    title: "Авъл Корнелий Кос (консул 428 пр.н.е.)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Corneli_Cos_(c%C3%B2nsol_428_aC)"
    title: "Aulus Corneli Cos (cònsol 428 aC)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Cossus_(Konsul_428_v._Chr.)"
    title: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus (Konsul 428 v. Chr.)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Cossus"
    title: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Coso"
    title: "Aulo Cornelio Coso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Cossus_(consul_en_-428)"
    title: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus (consul en -428)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servius_Cornelius_Cossus"
    title: "Servius Cornelius Cossus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Cornelio_Cosso"
    title: "Aulo Cornelio Cosso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%B9%E3%82%B9"
    title: "アウルス・コルネリウス・コッスス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_M.f._Cossus"
    title: "Aulus Cornelius M.f. Cossus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulus_Cornelius_Cossus"
    title: "Aulus Cornelius Cossus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulo_Corn%C3%A9lio_Cosso"
    title: "Aulo Cornélio Cosso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB_428_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%BD._%D1%8D.)"
    title: "Авл Корнелий Косс (консул 428 года до н. э.)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772631"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump