253:
344:
was repulsed by the
Carthaginian Carthalo. The Romans then captured Panormus and other towns, though only the consul Scipio later celebrated a triumph for these victories; Lazenby suggests that this was because the consuls split their forces, with Scipio in charge of Panormus, the main target, while
486:
in 306 BC. MĂĽnzer identifies this man as the younger
Atilius's father, whose forename 'Aulus' is confirmed by independent evidence. Oakley notes that one manuscript of Valerius Maximus's work gives 'Marcus' instead of 'Aulus', which, if correct, would mean that Rullianus's son-in-law was another
411:
says that "there was simply no other man in Rome so qualified to judge" the dispute, with
Atilius having had a distinguished career and obtained the highest military and state honors. Atilius seems to have ruled the case in favor of Catulus, though in the end both parties celebrated triumphs.
392:. In the census conducted during their censorship 241,212 adult male Roman citizens were recorded. This was a sharp decline from the number recorded in the 252 BC census – 297,797 – indicating the heavy toll that the war with Carthage had taken on the Roman population.
292:, which Florus had tried to take without success the previous year, and obtained its surrender after the Carthaginian garrison withdrew during the night. The city was plundered and burnt to the ground, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved.
465:) displays it as Caiatinus. The latter spelling is usually preferred on the grounds that official records are more reliable and that Caiatia is more likely to have been misidentified with Calatia, the more important town, than vice versa.
232:, in his influential study of the role of family relationships in Roman Republican politics, argued that this quick rise to prominence was the result of an alliance with the long-established
244:, one of Rome's heroes during the Samnite Wars; his parents' marriage is one of the earliest recorded unions between patricians and plebeians. Oakley dated his birth around 300–295 BC.
303:
and 300 men, who held the enemy off until
Atilius could extricate his army from danger, though the historicity of this anecdote has been doubted. Camarina itself was taken, as was
478:, according to which another Aulus Atilius Caiatinus was saved from disgrace by Rullianus, his father-in-law, after falling under suspicion of betraying the town of
1063:
372:. He was sent to Sicily, where he did not achieve anything remarkable, though this made him the first Roman dictator to lead an army outside of Italy.
1317:
202:
in the 4th century BC. The surname
Caiatinus (or Calatinus) indicates that an ancestor came from, or held estates near, the Campanian town of
214:
clan of the Atilii soon began attaining the highest offices of the Roman state, reaching a high point in its prestige around the time of the
143:
62:
455:
The literary sources almost invariably spell his surname
Calatinus, but the official list of Roman magistrates compiled by the emperor
369:
1232:
295:
The ancient sources go on to report a story which has
Atilius being ambushed at a narrow mountain pass while on the way to attack
1228:
1157:
17:
325:, one of the consuls, seem to have accomplished nothing worth of note this year. For his successes in 258, Atilius celebrated a
1302:
396:
219:
1297:
1185:
960:
332:
Atilius was elected consul for a second time in 254 BC, probably chosen for his experience. He and his colleague in office,
1274:
1013:
1327:
1203:
1137:
1113:
1091:
941:
162:. He undertook further campaigning in Sicily both at sea and on land during a second consulship (254 BC) and then as
1322:
1242:
241:
1262:
970:
385:
1312:
1292:
1023:
Hoyos, B.D. (1989). "A Forgotten Roman
Historian: L. Arruntius and the 'True' Causes of the First Punic War".
1220:
333:
146:
258–241 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who achieved prominence for his military activities during the
996:
1177:
265:
1246:
345:
Atilius led the unsuccessful attack on
Drepana, perhaps as a diversion. The consuls then withdrew to
233:
218:(264–241 BC), with the successful careers of Atilius Caiatinus and several of his relatives (like
1199:
1189:
322:
198:
which had been welcomed to Roman high society following the region's conquest by Rome during the
1161:
400:
311:
ended in failure. His command in Sicily continued through 257 BC with his election (presumably
277:
173:
in 247, the crowning achievement of a public career at the time. He later dedicated temples to
1210:
1168:
1005:
497:
404:
389:
284:
to draw out some Punic troops who had been wintering there. When this failed, he moved on to
983:
496:
Lazenby, for example, notes that the number of Roman combatants mirrors the 300 Spartans at
223:
8:
1270:
1058:
1101:
953:
Valerius
Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia, Book 8: Text, Introduction, and Commentary
229:
194:
Aulus Atilius Caiatinus, or Calatinus, probably belonged to an aristocratic family from
1042:
1133:
1109:
1087:
1046:
1009:
956:
937:
635:
357:
388:. A factor in his election may have been his kinship to one of that year's consuls,
166:(249 BC), becoming the first Roman dictator to lead an army outside mainland Italy.
1034:
1001:
987:
927:
475:
461:
420:
408:
363:
300:
158:
in 258 BC, he enjoyed several successes in Sicily, for which he later celebrated a
1307:
1253:
1127:
1081:
931:
428:
424:
273:
215:
147:
108:
1123:
1108:. Translated by Thérèse Ridley. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
991:
353:
163:
83:
1038:
1286:
326:
307:, the latter through treachery. An attempt by Atilius to seize the island of
178:
159:
118:
1054:
432:
395:
In 241 BC Atilius mediated a dispute between two commanders, the proconsul
381:
337:
261:
199:
170:
155:
88:
73:
44:
479:
403:, regarding whom should celebrate a triumph for the Roman victory at the
289:
252:
1025:
833:
288:
and promptly took it by storm. Atilius afterward resumed the siege of
240:. Atilius Caiatinus himself seems to have been a maternal grandson of
276:
against the Carthaginians there. Joining the previous year's consul,
483:
456:
296:
211:
195:
151:
710:
672:
670:
933:
The Praetorship in the Roman Republic Volume 1: Origins to 122 BC
901:
619:
346:
341:
318:
285:
281:
207:
203:
78:
975:
The Magistrates of the Roman Republic Volume I: 509 B.C.–100 B.C
754:
603:
336:, at the head of a newly built fleet, sailed to Sicily and took
873:
667:
436:
308:
269:
726:
237:
500:, and that the sources also disagree on the tribune's name.
416:
304:
174:
823:
821:
384:
in 247 BC, as the plebeian counterpart to the patrician
268:. At the start of the campaigning season he was sent to
861:
543:
349:, and Atilius then to Rome, taking the fleet with him.
1064:
Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft
1000:(4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 199.
818:
782:
698:
518:
516:
849:
770:
686:
356:
in the aftermath of the Roman disaster at the naval
1129:
A Commentary on Livy, Books VI–X, Volume IV: Book X
555:
806:
794:
742:
533:
531:
513:
889:
655:
1284:
591:
579:
528:
977:. New York: American Philological Association.
567:
299:, only to be saved by the self-sacrifice of a
474:This is deduced from an anecdote provided by
340:by treachery, but their subsequent attack on
361:
312:
256:Military operations in Sicily, 260–256 BC
251:
189:
1318:Roman commanders of the First Punic War
1106:Roman Aristocratic Parties and Families
1075:), volume 2, part 2, columns 2079–2081.
360:. His deputy or 'master of the horse' (
14:
1285:
1006:10.1093/acrefore/9780199381135.013.928
969:
855:
839:
776:
720:
561:
321:, though he and his fellow commander
981:
911:
649:
1079:
950:
926:
895:
879:
867:
843:
812:
800:
788:
764:
748:
736:
732:
692:
680:
585:
329:back at Rome on 19 January 256 BC.
24:
1122:
1100:
661:
645:
641:
629:
625:
613:
609:
597:
549:
537:
522:
247:
25:
1339:
1204:Servius Fulvius Paetinus Nobilior
1053:
1022:
907:
883:
827:
760:
716:
704:
676:
573:
352:In 249 BC, Atilius was appointed
1243:Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla
1263:Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus
997:The Oxford Classical Dictionary
490:
468:
439:preserves part of his epitaph.
386:Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus
449:
431:. His tomb was located at the
415:Atilius dedicated a temple to
13:
1:
1303:3rd-century BC Roman praetors
1221:Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina
920:
375:
1298:3rd-century BC Roman consuls
507:
184:
7:
1132:. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
936:. Oxford University Press.
260:Atilius was one of the two
169:Atilius held the office of
27:Roman general and statesman
10:
1344:
1328:Ancient Roman triumphators
1178:Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus
984:"Atilius Caiatinus, Aulus"
982:Drummond, Andrew (2012) .
648:, pp. 253, 351, 576;
266:Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus
1267:
1251:
1247:Publius Sempronius Sophus
1239:
1225:
1208:
1196:
1182:
1166:
1154:
1149:
1039:10.1017/S0066477400003683
990:; Antony Spawforth &
370:Lucius Caecilius Metellus
129:
125:
114:
104:
99:
95:
69:
58:
50:
39:
32:
1233:Gaius Sempronius Blaesus
442:
1323:Ancient Roman dictators
1229:Gnaeus Servilius Caepio
1200:Marcus Aemilius Paullus
1190:Gnaeus Cornelius Blasio
1158:Lucius Cornelius Scipio
971:Broughton, T. Robert S.
846:, pp. 16, 17, 141.
612:, pp. 57–59, 149;
136:Aulus Atilius Caiatinus
34:Aulus Atilius Caiatinus
18:Aulus Atilius Calatinus
1162:Gaius Aquillius Florus
1080:Lazenby, J.F. (1996).
955:. Berlin: De Gruyter.
951:Briscoe, John (2019).
644:, pp. 57–58, 60;
362:
334:Cornelius Scipio Asina
313:
278:Gaius Aquillius Florus
257:
220:Marcus Atilius Regulus
1313:Ancient Roman censors
1293:3rd-century BC deaths
1186:Gaius Atilius Regulus
1086:. London: Routledge.
552:, p. 401, n. 54.
487:member of the family.
405:Battle of the Aegates
264:of 258 BC, alongside
255:
190:Background and family
1275:Gaius Aurelius Cotta
870:, pp. 161, 164.
632:, pp. 351, 576.
380:Atilius was elected
280:, he first went to
224:Gaius Atilius Bulbus
1271:Marcus Fabius Buteo
1083:The First Punic War
791:, pp. 114–115.
399:and the propraetor
317:) to the office of
1150:Political offices
735:, pp. 81–82;
628:, pp. 57–59;
258:
1281:
1280:
1268:Succeeded by
1226:Succeeded by
1183:Succeeded by
1102:MĂĽnzer, Friedrich
962:978-3-11-066424-9
928:Brennan, T. Corey
695:, pp. 75–76.
525:, pp. 57–59.
358:Battle of Drepana
133:
132:
59:Years active
16:(Redirected from
1335:
1240:Preceded by
1197:Preceded by
1155:Preceded by
1147:
1146:
1143:
1119:
1097:
1076:
1050:
1019:
1015:978-0-19954556-8
988:Simon Hornblower
978:
966:
947:
915:
905:
899:
893:
887:
877:
871:
865:
859:
853:
847:
837:
831:
825:
816:
810:
804:
798:
792:
786:
780:
774:
768:
758:
752:
746:
740:
730:
724:
714:
708:
702:
696:
690:
684:
674:
665:
659:
653:
639:
633:
623:
617:
607:
601:
595:
589:
583:
577:
571:
565:
559:
553:
547:
541:
535:
526:
520:
501:
494:
488:
476:Valerius Maximus
472:
466:
462:fasti Capitolini
453:
425:another to Fides
421:Forum Holitorium
409:T. Corey Brennan
397:Lutatius Catulus
367:
364:magister equitum
323:Cornelius Blasio
316:
242:Fabius Rullianus
230:Friedrich MĂĽnzer
145:
100:Military service
64:
30:
29:
21:
1343:
1342:
1338:
1337:
1336:
1334:
1333:
1332:
1283:
1282:
1277:
1273:
1259:
1257:
1249:
1245:
1235:
1231:
1217:
1215:
1206:
1202:
1192:
1188:
1174:
1172:
1164:
1160:
1140:
1116:
1094:
1016:
963:
944:
923:
918:
906:
902:
894:
890:
878:
874:
866:
862:
854:
850:
842:, p. 215;
838:
834:
826:
819:
811:
807:
799:
795:
787:
783:
775:
771:
759:
755:
747:
743:
731:
727:
715:
711:
703:
699:
691:
687:
675:
668:
660:
656:
640:
636:
624:
620:
608:
604:
596:
592:
584:
580:
572:
568:
560:
556:
548:
544:
536:
529:
521:
514:
510:
505:
504:
495:
491:
473:
469:
454:
450:
445:
429:Capitoline Hill
390:Numerius Fabius
378:
250:
248:First Punic War
216:First Punic War
192:
187:
148:First Punic War
109:First Punic War
87:
82:
77:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1341:
1331:
1330:
1325:
1320:
1315:
1310:
1305:
1300:
1295:
1279:
1278:
1269:
1266:
1258:247 BC
1250:
1241:
1237:
1236:
1227:
1224:
1216:254 BC
1207:
1198:
1194:
1193:
1184:
1181:
1173:258 BC
1165:
1156:
1152:
1151:
1145:
1144:
1138:
1120:
1114:
1098:
1092:
1077:
1051:
1020:
1014:
992:Esther Eidinow
979:
967:
961:
948:
942:
922:
919:
917:
916:
914:, p. 199.
900:
888:
882:, p. 84;
872:
860:
858:, p. 216.
848:
832:
817:
815:, p. 137.
805:
803:, p. 116.
793:
781:
779:, p. 210.
769:
767:, p. 114.
753:
751:, p. 114.
741:
725:
723:, p. 206.
709:
697:
685:
666:
664:, p. 576.
654:
652:, p. 199.
634:
618:
616:, p. 576.
602:
600:, p. 351.
590:
578:
566:
564:, p. 207.
554:
542:
527:
511:
509:
506:
503:
502:
489:
467:
447:
446:
444:
441:
401:Valerius Falto
377:
374:
249:
246:
191:
188:
186:
183:
131:
130:
127:
126:
123:
122:
116:
112:
111:
106:
102:
101:
97:
96:
93:
92:
71:
67:
66:
60:
56:
55:
52:
48:
47:
41:
37:
36:
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1340:
1329:
1326:
1324:
1321:
1319:
1316:
1314:
1311:
1309:
1306:
1304:
1301:
1299:
1296:
1294:
1291:
1290:
1288:
1276:
1272:
1265:
1264:
1256:
1255:
1248:
1244:
1238:
1234:
1230:
1223:
1222:
1214:
1212:
1205:
1201:
1195:
1191:
1187:
1180:
1179:
1171:
1170:
1163:
1159:
1153:
1148:
1141:
1139:0-19-927256-5
1135:
1131:
1130:
1125:
1121:
1117:
1115:0-8018-5990-5
1111:
1107:
1103:
1099:
1095:
1093:1-85728-136-5
1089:
1085:
1084:
1078:
1074:
1070:
1066:
1065:
1060:
1056:
1055:Klebs, Elimar
1052:
1048:
1044:
1040:
1036:
1032:
1028:
1027:
1021:
1017:
1011:
1007:
1003:
999:
998:
993:
989:
985:
980:
976:
972:
968:
964:
958:
954:
949:
945:
943:0-19-511459-0
939:
935:
934:
929:
925:
924:
913:
910:, col. 2081;
909:
904:
898:, p. 85.
897:
892:
885:
881:
876:
869:
864:
857:
852:
845:
841:
836:
829:
824:
822:
814:
809:
802:
797:
790:
785:
778:
773:
766:
763:, col. 2081;
762:
757:
750:
745:
739:, p. 77.
738:
734:
729:
722:
719:, col. 2081;
718:
713:
706:
701:
694:
689:
683:, p. 75.
682:
679:, col. 2080;
678:
673:
671:
663:
658:
651:
647:
643:
638:
631:
627:
622:
615:
611:
606:
599:
594:
588:, p. 82.
587:
582:
576:, p. 62.
575:
570:
563:
558:
551:
546:
540:, p. 58.
539:
534:
532:
524:
519:
517:
512:
499:
493:
485:
481:
477:
471:
464:
463:
458:
452:
448:
440:
438:
434:
430:
426:
422:
418:
413:
410:
406:
402:
398:
393:
391:
387:
383:
373:
371:
366:
365:
359:
355:
350:
348:
343:
339:
335:
330:
328:
324:
320:
315:
310:
306:
302:
298:
293:
291:
287:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
263:
262:Roman consuls
254:
245:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
225:
221:
217:
213:
209:
205:
201:
197:
182:
180:
176:
172:
167:
165:
161:
157:
153:
149:
141:
137:
128:
124:
120:
117:
113:
110:
107:
103:
98:
94:
90:
85:
80:
76:(258, 254 BC)
75:
72:
68:
61:
57:
53:
49:
46:
42:
40:Resting place
38:
31:
19:
1261:
1254:Roman censor
1252:
1219:
1211:Roman consul
1209:
1176:
1169:Roman consul
1167:
1128:
1124:Oakley, S.P.
1105:
1082:
1072:
1068:
1062:
1030:
1024:
995:
974:
952:
932:
903:
891:
886:, col. 2081.
875:
863:
851:
835:
830:, col. 2081.
808:
796:
784:
772:
756:
744:
728:
712:
707:, col. 2080.
700:
688:
657:
637:
621:
605:
593:
581:
569:
557:
545:
492:
470:
460:
451:
433:Porta Capena
414:
394:
379:
351:
338:Cephaloedium
331:
294:
259:
236:clan of the
228:
200:Samnite Wars
193:
168:
139:
135:
134:
105:Battles/wars
45:Porta Capena
498:Thermopylae
314:in absentia
290:Mytistraton
272:to conduct
51:Nationality
1287:Categories
1059:Atilius 36
1026:Antichthon
921:References
376:Later life
65:258–241 BC
1104:(1999) .
1057:(1896), "
1047:151346733
1033:: 51–66.
856:Broughton
840:Broughton
777:Broughton
721:Broughton
562:Broughton
508:Citations
234:patrician
185:Biography
181:at Rome.
140:Calatinus
43:Near the
1126:(2005).
994:(eds.).
973:(1951).
930:(2000).
912:Drummond
650:Drummond
484:Samnites
457:Augustus
354:dictator
297:Camarina
282:Panormus
212:plebeian
196:Campania
164:dictator
152:Carthage
150:against
121:(256 BC)
91:(247 BC)
86:(249 BC)
84:Dictator
81:(257 BC)
896:Brennan
880:Brennan
868:Lazenby
844:Lazenby
813:Lazenby
801:Lazenby
789:Lazenby
765:Lazenby
749:Lazenby
737:Lazenby
733:Brennan
693:Lazenby
681:Lazenby
586:Briscoe
482:to the
427:on the
419:in the
347:Messana
342:Drepana
327:triumph
319:praetor
301:tribune
286:Hippana
274:the war
210:). The
208:Calatia
204:Caiatia
160:triumph
119:Triumph
79:Praetor
1308:Atilii
1260:With:
1218:With:
1175:With:
1136:
1112:
1090:
1045:
1012:
959:
940:
662:Oakley
646:Oakley
642:MĂĽnzer
630:Oakley
626:MĂĽnzer
614:Oakley
610:MĂĽnzer
598:Oakley
550:MĂĽnzer
538:MĂĽnzer
523:MĂĽnzer
437:Cicero
435:, and
382:censor
368:) was
309:Lipara
270:Sicily
171:censor
156:consul
115:Awards
89:Censor
74:Consul
70:Office
1043:S2CID
986:. In
908:Klebs
884:Klebs
828:Klebs
761:Klebs
717:Klebs
705:Klebs
677:Klebs
574:Hoyos
459:(the
443:Notes
238:Fabii
179:Fides
154:. As
54:Roman
1134:ISBN
1110:ISBN
1088:ISBN
1010:ISBN
957:ISBN
938:ISBN
480:Sora
423:and
417:Spes
305:Enna
222:and
206:(or
177:and
175:Spes
138:(or
1213:II
1061:",
1035:doi
1002:doi
226:).
144:fl.
63:fl.
1289::
1073:PW
1071:,
1069:RE
1041:.
1031:23
1029:.
1008:.
820:^
669:^
530:^
515:^
407:.
142:;
1142:.
1118:.
1096:.
1067:(
1049:.
1037::
1018:.
1004::
965:.
946:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.JPG)