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Marcus Atilius Regulus

299 BC - 246 BC

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Marcus Atilius Regulus (fl. 267 – 255 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. Much of his career was spent fighting the Carthaginians during the first Punic War. In 256 BC, he and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus defeated the Carthaginians at the naval battle off Cape Ecnomus; afterwards he led the Roman expedition to Africa but was defeated at the Bagradas River in spring of 255 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Atilius Regulus has received more than 213,779 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Marcus Atilius Regulus is the 3,439th most popular politician (down from 2,808th in 2019), the 1,094th most popular biography from Italy (down from 950th in 2019) and the 233rd most popular Italian Politician.

Marcus Atilius Regulus was an officer in the Roman army and served as consul in 256 BC. He was captured by the Carthaginians and sent to Rome to negotiate a peace treaty. When the Senate refused to accept the terms of the treaty, Regulus returned to Carthage and was executed.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marcus Atilius Regulus ranks 3,439 out of 19,576. Before him are Harald Quandt, Herbert Backe, Di Renjie, Lu Xun, Ana Pauker, and Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. After him are Janet Yellen, Cao Mao, H. H. Asquith, Idomeneus of Crete, Mike Pence, and Anatoly Lunacharsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 299 BC, Marcus Atilius Regulus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 246 BC, Marcus Atilius Regulus ranks 3. Before him are Ptolemy II Philadelphus, and Antiochus II Theos. After him are Bion of Borysthenes, and Berenice.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcus Atilius Regulus ranks 1,094 out of 5,161. Before him are Andrea Pirlo (1979), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Gino Bartali (1914), Marcello Gandini (1938), Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), and Hippolytus of Rome (170). After him are Michele Ferrero (1925), Lucius Aelius (101), Chiara Lubich (1920), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Ascanio Sobrero (1812), and Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Marcus Atilius Regulus ranks 233. Before him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943), Lars Porsena (-600), Hiero I of Syracuse (-600), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587), and Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638). After him are Lucius Aelius (101), Francesco Morosini (1619), Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902), Joannes (400), Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (1503), and Tigellinus (10).

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