Publius Minucius Augurinus

Publius Minucius Augurinus (Latin, Publius Minucius Augurinus ) was a Roman Republican politician of the patrician gens Minucia during the beginning of the 5th century BC. He served as Consul of Rome in 492 BC, serving together with Aulus Sempronius Atratinus.

Family Origins
Although the Minucia gens has been traditionally known as a plebian 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 Marcus Minucius Augurinus, who served as consul in 497 BC and 491 BC respectively.

Biography
Augurinus was the name of a few different families pertaining to the Genucia and Minucia gens. The word was derived from the Latin word for omen (augurio or augur).

During his consulship, Publius Minucius was principally dedicated to obtaining grain shipments from around the Mediterranean due to a famine which had taken hold of Rome.