Marcus Atilius Regulus (Consul 294 BC)

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Marcus Atilius Regulus was a Roman statesman at the beginning of the 3rd century BC. From the gens Atilia .

He was probably the son of the consul of 335, Marcus Atilius Regulus Calenus , and was elected consul along with Lucius Postumius Megellus in 294 . He was in great distress from the Samnites and lost 730 men; only the arrival of his colleague caused the enemy to retreat. During the march on Luceria in Apulia , he was attacked again by the Samnites and was only able to keep the upper hand with great difficulty. The events are presented in great detail in Livy : The victory is said to have only succeeded after Regulus promised to dedicate a temple to Iuppiter Stator ; In total, however, the Romans had to mourn 7800 casualties. Subsequently, Regulus was able to defeat another Samnite army, which had advanced against Interamna , and steal the booty from him. He returned to Rome to hold the elections, but the Senate denied him the requested triumph .

The events of the year 294 were assigned to the two consuls in different ways in the annals . In contradiction to Livy, however , the fasti triumphales recorded a triumph of Regulus on March 28, 293 over the inhabitants of Volsinii and the Samnites. The triumph of his official colleague over the Samnites and Etruscans , also mentioned there and celebrated the day before, is confirmed by Livius, since Megellus, supported by the people, was able to enforce it against the express will of the Senate.

In 293 Regulus was praetor , after which he is no longer mentioned. His son Gaius Atilius Regulus reached the consulate in 257 and 250. The consul of the years 267 and 256, Marcus Atilius Regulus , came from a sideline of the Atilii Reguli .

literature

  • T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 179 f., (Unchanged reprint 1968).

Remarks

  1. ↑ Livy 10:32, 1–33, 6.
  2. ↑ Livy 10:35: 1-36.15.
  3. ↑ Livy 10:36, 16-19.
  4. ↑ Livy 10:37, 13ff. = Fabius Pictor FRH 1 F25 and Claudius Quadrigarius FRH 14 F34 (= The early Roman historians , ed., Trans. And com. By Hans Beck and Uwe Walter . 2 volumes, Darmstadt 2001/2004).
  5. ↑ Livy 10:37, 6-12.
  6. ↑ Livy 10.45.4.
personal data
SURNAME Atilius Regulus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Regulus, Marcus Atilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 294 BC And praetor 293 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 294 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 293 BC Chr.