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Gaius Furius Pacilus (consul 251 BC)

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Gaius Furius Pacilus was a Roman statesman and general during the middle era of the Roman Republic. He was one of the two consuls of 251 BCE, serving with Lucius Caecilius Metellus.[1] They fought against the Carthaginians in the ongoing First Punic War. They campaigned in Sicily, but achieved little.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Broughton, p. 113; Lendering p. 101.
  2. ^ Lendering, p. 101.

Sources

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  • Broughton, T. Robert S. (1951). The Magistrates of the Roman Republic Volume I: 509 B.C.–100 B.C. New York: American Philological Association. p. 213.
  • Lendering, Jona (2022). De Vergeten Oorlog. Utrecht: Uitgeverij Omniboek. p. 101.
Political offices
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Furius Pacilus
251 BC
Succeeded by