jan 1, 491 BC - Conviction of Corionalus

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Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus was a Roman war hero that later was became optimates politician who resisted plebian reforms in 494 BC. He tried to withold giving plebians grain imported from Sicily, unless senate reverses aformentioned reforms. He was to be tried for this ordeal, but he fled Rome (he was convicted regardless) to Etrucian kingdom. Later he led invation with Etruscian armies and was only stopped when his mother begged him to do so.

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