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Aulus Cornelius Cossus

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5th-century BC Roman general

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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.

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Aulus Cornelius Cossus carries the head of the Etruscan king Lars Tolumnius during the Battle of FidenaeAulus Cornelius Cossus carries the head of the Etruscan king Lars Tolumnius during the Battle of Fidenae

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Ariamnes45.8Hydarnes III44.6Lars Tolumnius45.9Tithraustes44.3Spurius Maelius46.8Quintus Fabius Ambustus43.9

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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.

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deceased
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Lived 500 BC to 500 BC · aged 0
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