Lucius Mamilius Vitulus
Lucius Mamilius Vitulus was a Roman politician of the third century BC. He was brother of Quintus Mamilius Vitulus, consul in 262 BC.
Life
According to tradition, his family Mamilia, plebeian, was a native of the princely family of Tusculum.
In 265 BC, before the beginning of the First Punic War, he was elected consul as the first person with this dignity in his family. While his colleague Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges, shortly died of a wounds received in battle, Vitulus remained alone in his office. About his activity nothing is certain known, as well as about his later life.[1]
References
- ↑ William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Vol.3 p. 1278, n.1.
External links
- Latin and English texts of Florus, Epitome of Roman History, I, 21, the 1929 Loeb Classical Library translation by E.S. Forster, Bill Thayer's edition at LacusCurtius
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Decimus Junius Pera and Numerius Fabius Pictor |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges 265 BC |
Succeeded by Appius Claudius Caudex and Marcus Fulvius Flaccus |
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