Marcus Atilius Regulus (Consul 227 BC)

Marcus Atilius Regulus was an important Roman politician during the Second Punic War .

His father of the same name died in Carthaginian captivity during the First Punic War , his brother Gaius fell as consul in 225 BC. In the battle of Telamon against the Celts . The first consulate was held by Marcus Atilius Regulus together with Publius Valerius Flaccus in 227 BC. After the death of Gaius Flaminius in the battle on Lake Trasimeno , he was elected suffect consul ; still in the following year 216 BC He fought with Gnaeus Servilius Geminus in Apulia . After the Battle of Cannae , he and Lucius Aemilius Papus were one of the IIIviri mensarii - probably a preliminary stage of the later IIIviri monetales . During his censorship in 214 BC With Publius Furius Philus , numerous senators were expelled from the Senate for subversive behavior . It is not known when Regulus died. A praetor of the same name from the year 213 BC. BC could have been his son or that of his brother Gaius.

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SURNAME	Atilius Regulus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Regulus, Marcus Atilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 227 and 217 BC BC, censor 214 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.