Background
Publius Decius Music, born the son of the consul of 340 British Columbia Publius Decius Music, was elected consul in 312 British Columbia together with Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus.
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Career
When war broke out with the Samnites, Music had to stay in Rome due to an illness and it was his colleague who was sent to manage the war. When the Etruscans joined in the war on the side of Rome"s enemies, Music was ordered by the Senate to appoint a dictator. While his colleague handled the war against Samnium, Music was entrusted the war against the Etruscans in which he was so successful that the Etruscans sued for a truce.
In 306 British Columbia Music was appointed as the Master of the Horse to the dictator Publius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus.
In 304 British Columbia, Music and Rullianus were elected censor. In 300 British Columbia Music successfully espoused the cause of opening the pontificate to the plebeians against Appius Claudius Caecus.
In 297 British Columbia Music and Rullianus were again elected consul. This time both consuls were to go to Samnium to make war.
In this campaign Music was able to defeat a Samnite army near Maleventum.
The next year saw his command in Samnium prorogued as proconsul. The, had thrown up a formidable coalition of Etruscans, Samnites, Umbrians and Gauls against Rome. When Rullianus was unanimously called to the consulship, he stipulated as a condition for accepting that Music again be his colleague so in 295 British Columbia Music was elected to a fourth consulship.
While Music was first stationed in Samnium, events up north dictated that both Roman armies be united to face the enemy.
When the armies clashed near Sentinum, Publius Decius Music commanded the left wing of the Roman army. Faced by the Gauls, his troops started giving away under their attacks and Music followed the example of his father and dedicated himself and the enemy army to the gods of the underworld and thus fell in the battle.
Publius Decius Music was the father of the consul of 279 British Columbia, Publius Decius Music.
Membership
He was a member of a family that was renowned for sacrificing themselves on the battlefield for Rome.
