ATIL0813 C. Atilius (48) M. f. M. n. Regulus

Life Dates

  • 263?, birth (Develin 1979) Expand

    Develin no. 35.

  • 225, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    KIA, B. of Telamon.

Relationships

father of
? M. Atilius (53) Regulus (pr. 213) (Brennan 2000)
? C. Atilius (11) (pr. c. 218) (Brennan 2000)

Career

  • Consul 225 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Polyb. 2.23.5-6; Fast. Cap. (names entire); Plin. NH 3.138; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 4.13.5; Cassiod., and on Aemilius, Liv., 23.21.6; Act. Tr.; Eutrop. 3.5, see Degrassi 44f., 118, 440f. Aemilius was sent against the Gauls at Ariminum while a Praetor was sent to Etruria; but on learning of a Gallic invasion of Etruria which defeated the army of the Praetor, he went there, pursued the Gauls as they retreated, caught them between his army and that of his consular colleague at Telamon, and after his victory ravaged the country of the Ligurians and the Boii (Polyb. 2.23.5, and 25-31; Plin. NH 3.138; Flor. 1.20.3; App. Celt. 2; Dio fr. 50.4; Oros. 4.13.5-10; Zon. 8.20; cf. Fab. Pict. fr. 23 Peter, and Polyb. 2.24; Liv. Per. 20). He celebrated a triumph De Galleis (Polyb. 2.31.5-6; Act. Tr., Degrassi 78f., 550; Flor. 1.20.3; Eutrop. 3.5; Zon. 8.20). Atilius campaigned in Sardinia, whence he returned by way of Pisa to engage the Gallic forces (see above), and lose his life in the battle (Polyb. 2.23.6, and 27-28; Plin. NH 3.138; Oros. 4.13.5-10; Zon. 8.20). (Broughton MRR I)
    • According to Diodorus (25.13), Aemilius ravaged Boian territory as Proconsul ({Gr}), but the other sources (Polyb. 2.31.4-6; Zon. 8.20) place this action before his triumph, which he celebrated as Consul (Act. Tr.) (Broughton MRR I)