Fulcinius

• name of a Roman gens: C. Fulcinius, Cic. Phil. 9, 2: M. Fulcinius, id. Caecin. 4, 11.

a name which is borne by several persons in Roman history, belonging to different periods as well as places, so that we cannot say whether they belonged to one gens or family or not.

1. C. Fulcinius. When, in B. C. 438, the Fidenates had revolted against Rome, and joined Lars Tolumnius of Veii, the Romans sent C. Fulcinius and three others as ambassadors to inquire into the cause of the revolt. But the Fidenates, on the advice of Tolumnius, put the Roman ambassadors to death; and the Romans afterwards honoured the ambassadors with statues on the Rostra. (Liv. 4.17; Cic. Phil. 9.2.)

2. M. Fulcinius, of Tarquinii, in Etruria, a man of high respectability, who carried on a considerable banking business at Rome. He had a son of the same name, who died young; and a freedman of his likewise bore the name of M. Fulcinius. (Cic. pro Caec. 4, 6.)

3. L. Fulcinius, C. F., brought the charge of murder against M. Saufeius in B. C. 52. (Ascon. in Milon. p. 54.) The name of one L. Fulcinius occurs on Macedonian coins; but as he is called quaestor, it is impossible to identify him with any of the Fulcinii that are known to us. (Eckhel, vol. v. p. 221.) [L.S]

a jurist of whom little is known. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. s. 3.4, his opinion is cited by Paulus along with that of Proculus and that of Mela. In Dig. 25. tit. 2. s. 6, he is cited by Paulus along with Atilicinus. In Dig. 39. tit. 6. s. 43, he is cited by Neratius. From Dig. 31. s. 49.2, it may be inferred that he was not earlier than Labeo; and it may be conjectured, with probability, that he was a contemporary of Proculus. Guil. Grotius (De Vitis Jurisc. 2.5.5), places his date between the reign of Tiberius and that of Trajan. He is cited by Gaius, Pomponius, and Ulpian. Though he lived before IIadrian, he appears to have written upon the praetor's edict, the form of which had already acquired permanence, for in Dig. 11. tit. 7. s. 29, Dig. 13. tit 1.13, Dig. 42. tit. 4. s. 7, pr. his opinion is cited by authors writing upon the edict. [J.T.G]

[Trio.]