Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

LUTA0765 C. Lutatius (4) C. f. C. n. Catulus

Life Dates

  • 275?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

    Develin no. 43.

Relationships

brother of
Q. Lutatius (13) C. f. C. n. Cerco (cos. 241) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Zon. 8 (17)

father of
? C. Lutatius (5) C. f. C. n. Catulus (cos. 220) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Consul 242 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap. (names entire); Polyb. 1.59.8; Diod. 24.11; Varro Vit. P. R. in Non. 887 L, and Nep. Hamilc. 1.3, on Catulus; Liv. Per. 19; Liv. 22.14.13; 23.13.3-4; 37.51.1-2; Flor. 1.18.33; Eutrop. 2.27; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.17, on Catulus; Degrassi 42f., 117, 436f. Catulus, with the Praetor as colleague, received command of a new fleet, and though wounded at Drepanum, won the decisive naval engagement on March 10, 241, at the Aegates islands (Polyb. 1.59.8-61; Varro Vit. P. R. in Non. 887 L; Diod. 24.11; Nep. Hamilc. 1.3; Liv. Per. 19; 22.14.13; 23.13.3-4; 28.38.9, and 41.3; 45.38.4; Val. Max. 2.8.2; Sil. Ital. 6.684-8; Flor. 1.18.33-37; Eutrop. 2.27, with date; Ampel. 46.3; Oros. 4.10.4-8; Zon. 8.17; cf. Ined. Vat., Hermes 27 [1892] 122). Postumius, who was Flamen Martialis, was forbidden by the Pontifex Maximus to leave the city (Liv. Per. 19; Liv. 37.51.1-2; Val. Max. 1.1.2; Tac. Ann. 3.71). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Proconsul 241 Sicilia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Concluded the treaty with Carthage, and celebrated as Procos. a naval triumph De Poenis ex Sicilia (on the treaty: Polyb. 1.62-63.3;{220} 3.21.2, 29.2, and 30.3; Nep. Hamilc. 1.5; Liv. Per. 19; Liv. 21.18.8-10, and 19.2; 30.22.4, and 44.1; Sil. Ital. 13.729-31; App. Sic. 2; Eutrop. 2.27; Auct. Vir. Ill. 41; Oros. 4.11.1; Zon. 8.17; cf. Naev. fr. 49 and 50; on the triumph, Act. Tr., Degrassi 76f., 549; Val. Max. 2.8.2; Zon. 8.17). For later coins celebrating the victory, see Grueber, CRRBM 2.297ff.; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 (1942) 161f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 241 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Naval Triumph de Poeneis ex Sicilia. MRR I.219-20, Itgenshorst no. 141, Rich no. 140. (Rich 2014)