Gaius Cornelius Cethegus (consul)
Roman Republic consul in 197 BC
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Gaius Cornelius Cethegus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 197 BC.
He became propraetor in Hispania in 200 BC and was elected aedile in absentia.[1]: XXXI 49 In Hispania he defeated a hostile force in the territory of the Sedetani and 15,000 of the enemy died,[1]: XXXI 49 although Heitland calls this "a very doubtful story."[2] As an aedile he arranged magnificent games.[1]: XXXII 7 During his consulate in 197 BC he fought successfully in Gallia Cisalpina against the Insubrians and Cenomani and was awarded a triumph by the senate. He was censor in 194 BC. Along with Scipio Africanus and Marcus Minucius Rufus in 193 BC, he went as a commissioner to mediate an end to the war between Masinissa and Carthage.