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Hero Marcus Atilius Regulus
Marcus Atilius Regulus is one of the Roman heroes who embodied the most important virtues: bravery (virtus) and duty towards the state (officium). During First Punic War ( BCE), he fought against Carthaginian army and even threatened capital, Carthage. However, in the spring of the year BCE, there was a battle at Tunis, where the Carthaginian army completely smashed Reguluss army and he was taken as prisoner.
After a few years (around BCE), the Carthaginians sent to Rome a legation to hold talks on the exchange of prisoners and the conclusion of peace. There was also Regulus in the legation, who promised that if he failed to conclude the treaty, he would return voluntarily to Carthage.
Regulus noticed the weakness of Carthage and Romes chance of a decisive victory. Therefore he advised the Romans in Senate to intensify the war against Carthage or make peace for the more difficult conditions for Carthage. Finally, Carthaginians rejected
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Marcus Atilius Regulus
Titles
Councel, Roman General
Cause of Death
tortured to death by Carthaginian soldiers
““I, Marcus Atilius liten kunglig, demand the total and unconditional surrender of Carthage!” „
– To a random Carthaginian child who allegedly was wandering around the Tunisian desert.
Marcus Atilius Regulus was a statesman and general who fought during the The First Punic War between BC and BC. He and Lucius Manlius Vulso Longus defeated the Carthaginians at the massive naval battle off Cape Ecnomus; afterwards he led the långnovell expedition to Africa but was defeated at the Battle of Bagradas River. In spring of BC. He was captured and then tortured to death in Carthage.
Trivia[]
- Regulus was the first General in Military History to use Sicily as a gateway between the Italian Peninsula and nordlig Africa.
- He definitely fought with a Dragon
- The story of how liten kunglig died fryst vatten now believed to be a myth according to historians and it’s now speculated t
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- This is about the Roman general and consul; for other Romans of that name, see Marcus Atilius Regulus (disambiguation).
Marcus Atilius Regulus (born probably before BC - BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was consul of the Roman Republic in BC and BC.[1]
Regulus first became consul in BC, where fought the Messapians. Elected consul again in BC, he served as a general in the First Punic War ( BC), where he defeated the Carthaginians in a naval battle at Cape Ecnomus near Sicily and invaded North Africa, winning victories at Aspis and Adys, until he was defeated and captured at Tunis in BC. After he was released on parole to negotiate a peace, he is supposed to have urged the Roman Senate to refuse the proposals and then, over the protests of his own people, to have fulfilled the terms of his parole by returning to Carthage, where he according to Roman tradition was tortured to death. He was posthumously seen by the Romans as a model of civic virtue.[1