Ruler · 274 – 251 BCE

Gaius Claudius Centho

Lived 274 – 251 BCE; politician, military personnel. Roman consul of Ancient Rome, 240 BCE; also in the line of Roman Republic.

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Lived: 274 BCE – 251 BCE; 23 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Roman consul

Ancient Rome · the 368th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480 · read from the line of Roman Republic

364 before

Gaius Lutatius Catulus242 BCE

Aulus Postumius Albinus242 BCE

Quintus Lutatius Cerco241 BCE

Gaius Claudius Centho240 BCE

Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus240 BCE

Quintus Valerius Falto239 BCE

Gaius Mamilius Turrinus239 BCE

474 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 240 BCE · under a year · came to it aged 34

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 240 BCE, after the death recorded in 251 BCE

Also in the line of Roman Republic (362nd of 754).

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