A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

1. C.FundaniusFundulus, C. F. Q. N. was one of the plebeian aediles in B. C. 246. He united with his colleague, Ti. Sempronius Gracchus, in the impeachment of Claudia, one of the daughters of App. Claudius Caecus. [CLAUDIA, NO. 1.] After encountering a strenuous opposition from the numerous members and connections of the Claudian gens, the aediles at length imposed a heavy fine on Claudia; and they employed the money in building on the Aventine hill a temple to Liberty. (Liv. 24.16.) Fundanius was consul in B. C. 243, and was sent into Sicily to oppose Hamilcar Barcas, who then occupied the town of Eryx. The Carthaginian commander sent to the Roman camp to demand a truce for the interment of the slain. Fundanius replied that Hamilcar should rather propose a truce for the living, and rejected his demand. But afterwards, when Fundanius made a similar proposal, Hamilcar at once granted it, observing that he warred not with the dead. (Gel. 10.6; Diod. Fragm. Vatican. p. 53.) Tlie scholiast on Cicero's speech against Clodius and Curio, gives, however, a different version of the 1.) history of Fundanius. He impeached, not Claudia, the daughter, but P. Claudius Pulcher, the son of Appius Caecus, for his impiety in giving battle contrary to the auspices, and for his defeat at Drepana. [CLAUDIUS, No. 13.] When the centries were preparing to vote, a thunder-storm interrupted the proceedings. Other tribunes then interposed, and prohibited the same impeachment being brought forward by the same accusers

twice in one year. Fundanius and his colleague, Junius Pullus, therefore changed the form of their action, and then succeeded. This account would make the tribuneship of Fundanius to fall earlier than the common story implies; since Claudia was not impeached until after her brother's death. (Schol. Bob. in Cic. p. 337. ed. Orelli.)