Gaius Cornelius Cethegus
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Gaius Cornelius Cethegus was a politician of the Roman republic from the Cethegus brach of the gens Cornelia .
He became proconsul in Spain in 200 BC and was elected Aedile in absence. In this office he arranged magnificent plays. During his consulate in 197 BC he fought successfully in Gallia Cisalpina against the Insubrians and Cenomanes and received a triumph. He was elected 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.
| Preceded by Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Minucius Rufus 197 BC |
Succeeded by Lucius Furius Purpureo and Marcus Claudius Marcellus |
