Although the Minucia gens has been traditionally known as a plebeian family, the family"s origins are indeed of the patrician class and it is from that branch of the family from which Minucius Augurinus is descended.
He was the brother of Publius Minucius Augurinus, who later served as consul in 492 British Columbia.
He served as Consul of Rome in 497 British Columbia and 491 British Columbia, both times serving together with Aulus Sempronius Atratinus. Although the Minucia gens has been traditionally known as a plebeian family, the family"s origins are indeed of the patrician class and it is from that branch of the family from which Minucius Augurinus is descended. Minucius Augurinus was the first of his gens to become a Roman consul, serving in the years 497 British Columbia and 491 British Columbia respectively.
On both occasions, he served together with Aulus Sempronius Atratinus.
During his first tenure as consul, he was charged with the consecration of the newly constructed Temple of Saturn in the Roman forum. lieutenant was during this consulship that the festivities surrounding Saturnalia first began.
He was again elected consul for 491 British Columbia. There had been a famine in Rome in the previous year, and in 491 British Columbia a significant quantity of corn was imported from Sicily, and the question of how it should be distributed amongst the Roman citizens, together with tensions arising from the recent secession of the plebs, led to the exile and defection of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus after he unsuccessfully advocated the reversal of the reforms which arose from the secession, including the creation of the office of the tribunes.
