Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus

Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus (d. 464 BC). was a Roman politician during the 5th century BC, and was consul in 472 BC.

He was a member of the gens Furia, and was the brother of Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 464 BC).

In 472 BC he was elected consul with Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus. During their consulship, tribune of the plebs Volero Publilius proposed a law (Rogato Publilia) providing that plebeian tribunes should be elected by the Tribal Assembly, hoping to exclude patricians and their clients in the vote and deprive them of their influence under the resulting system.

During his consulship a Vestal named either Orbinia or Sunia was put to death for the crime of incestum (sexual misconduct). The Vestals were expected to remain virgins, and tended the sacred hearth of Vesta after a woman lost her virginity was considered sacrilege.

According to Varro, the "Lex Pinaria Furia of the intercalary month" is ascribed to Furius and Pinarius. It mentions the method of additional days permitted to the dispenser of days which could be added to the calendar based on the lunar cycle.

In 467 BC, after taking the Volscian maritime city of Antium the preceding year, the Romans had founded a colony there. Furius was made part of the Triumviri agro dando with Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus and Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus. They were charged with dividing and distributing the lands of the colony among the first colonists.

In 464 BC, he was given command under his brother Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus, then consul, and fought alongside him in a war against the Aequi. The Romans were trapped in their camp by the Aequi and Publius was sent with his soldiers to find a way out of the camp. He was killed with his men.

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