Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior

Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior was a member of the Roman plebeian family of the Fulvians and clad in 255 BC. The consulate .

Life

According to the Fasti Capitolini and Triumphal Acts, both the father and grandfather of Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior carried the prenom of Marcus . Nothing is known about the early offices of his cursus honorum . He held the consulate in 255 BC. Together with Marcus Aemilius Paullus . The Roman Republic was then about in the middle of its first war against Carthage ; the suffect consul from 256 BC BC, Marcus Atilius Regulus , had just suffered a devastating defeat against the Punians and was taken prisoner. Beginning of summer 255 BC Then Fulvius Nobilior and his counterpart sailed to North Africa with a strong squadron, conquered the island of Kossyra (today's Pantelleria ) on the way, conquered a Punic fleet near the Hermean promontory and took the survivors of Regulus' defeated forces near the town of Clupea Board. On the way home, however, they got caught in a hurricane near the southern Sicilian city of Kamarina and lost almost their entire fleet. Nevertheless, at the beginning of 254 B.C. Celebrate a triumph over Kosyra and Carthage. For a more detailed account of the campaign see Marcus Aemilius Paullus .

Nothing is known about the further life of Fulvius Nobilior.

literature

Friedrich Münzer : Fulvius 97). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 269 f.

Remarks

↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 255 BC Chr .; Polybios 1, 36, 10; Orosius 4, 9, 5; Eutropius 2, 22, 1; among others
↑ Polybios 1, 36, 10–1, 37, 10; Diodorus 23, 18, 1; Orosius 4, 9, 5-8; Eutropius 2, 22, 1-3; Zonaras 8, 14.
↑ Friedrich Münzer (RE VII, 1, Sp. 269f.) Dates the campaign of Aemilius Paullus and Fulvius Nobilior to 254 BC. And accordingly the triumph at the beginning of 253 BC. Chr.

personal data
SURNAME	Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior, Servius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Paetinus Nobilior, Servius Fulvius; Nobilior, Servius Fulvius Paetinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul 255 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH	3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	3rd century BC Chr.

[1] Fasti Capitolini ad annum 255 BC Chr .; Polybios 1, 36, 10; Orosius 4, 9, 5; Eutropius 2, 22, 1; among others

[2] Polybios 1, 36, 10–1, 37, 10; Diodorus 23, 18, 1; Orosius 4, 9, 5-8; Eutropius 2, 22, 1-3; Zonaras 8, 14.

[3] Friedrich Münzer (RE VII, 1, Sp. 269f.) Dates the campaign of Aemilius Paullus and Fulvius Nobilior to 254 BC. And accordingly the triumph at the beginning of 253 BC. Chr.