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Marcus Livius Salinator

Roman general and politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Marcus Livius Salinator was a Roman plebeian consul, dictator (207) and censor (204), who fought in the Second Punic War, most notably during the Battle of the Metaurus.

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The public source identifies “Marcus Livius Salinator” as roman general and politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Marcus, Livius and Salinator.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current 28-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Marcus, Livius and Salinator providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Marcus Livius Salinator” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.