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Marcus Atilius Regulus (consul 227 BC)
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Marcus Atilius M.f. M.n. Regulus, a son of Marcus Atilius Regulus, the consul captured during the First Punic War, and grandson of Marcus Atilius Regulus (consul 294 BC), was Roman consul for the year 227 BC, together with Publius Valerius Flaccus, and consul suffectus for 217 BC replacing Gaius Flaminius who was killed in battle at Lake Trasimene. Atilius Regulus agreed to accompany Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC) along with the other former consul Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, but returned to Rome pleading ill-health and old age. He thus survived the massacre of the Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
Atilius Regulus was chosen a censor in 214 BC along with Publius Furius Sp.f. Philus, but had to resign his office when his colleague was killed in battle.
His brother was Gaius Atilius Regulus (consul 225 BC), was killed in battle in the year of his consulship. An uncle of the same name was also twice consul during the First Punic War.
- Livy, History of Rome, Rev. Canon Roberts (translator), Ernest Rhys (Ed.); (1905) London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
| Preceded by Spurius Carvilius Maximus Ruga and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Publius Valerius Flaccus 227 BC |
Succeeded by Marcus Valerius Messalla and Lucius Apustius Fullo |
| Preceded by Gnaeus Servilius Geminus and Gaius Flaminius |
Consul (Suffect) of the Roman Republic with Gnaeus Servilius Geminus 217 BC |
Succeeded by Gaius Terentius Varro and Lucius Aemilius Paullus |