Publius Sempronius Sophus (consul 268 BC)

Publius Sempronius Sophus was a Roman politician in the third century BC.

Career

Sempronius Sophus served as consul in 268 BC together with Appius Claudius Russus as his colleague.[1] In that year, they waged war against the Picentes, who had begun a rebellion the previous year. The consuls triumphed over them.[2] The Roman Colonies of Arimini and Benevento were founded in this year.[3]

In 252 BC, Sempronius Sophus served as censor and expelled 16 senators from the senate.[4]

References
  1. Eutropius II, 16
  2. Titus Livius XV
  3. Florus I 14, 2
  4. Orosius IV 4, 5
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