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Gaius Furius Pacilus (consul 251 BC)

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Roman general and statesman

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. They fought against the Carthaginians in the ongoing First Punic War. They campaigned in Sicily, but achieved little.

References

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

Sources

  • 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 byGaius Aurelius Cotta
Publius Servilius Geminus
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Furius Pacilus
251 BC
Succeeded byGaius Atilius Regulus
Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus


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