A. Ate'rnius
or ATE'RIUS consul B. C. 454, with Sp. Tarpeius. (
Liv. 3.31.)
The consulship is memorable for the passing of the
Lex Aternia Tarpeia. (
Dict. of Ant. s. v.) Aternius was subsequently in B. C. 448, one of the patricians tribunes of the people, which was the only time that patricians were elected to that office. (
Liv. 3.65.)