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EspañolGAIUS LUTATIUS CATULUS
:''See Lutatius for other people with the same name''
:''For the poet, see Catullus''
'Gaius Lutatius Catulus' (Latin: C·LVTATIVS·C·F·CATVLVS) was a Roman statesman and naval commander in the First Punic War.
He was elected as a consul in 242 BC, a ''novus homo''. He led a Roman fleet into victory over Hamilcar Barca's Carthaginian fleet in the Battle of the Aegates Islands. This was the decisive battle of the First Punic War. To celebrate his victory, he built a temple to Juturna in Campus Martius, in the area currently known as Largo di Torre Argentina.
His brother, Quintus Lutatius Cerco, was a consul in the following year and a censor in 236 BC.
★ Gaius Lutatius Catulus is also the main character of Finnish writer Jukka M. Heikkilä's book ''Merikonsuli.''
:''For the poet, see Catullus''
''Temple to Juturna'', built by Catulus to celebrate his victory at Aegades islands, in Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome.
'Gaius Lutatius Catulus' (Latin: C·LVTATIVS·C·F·CATVLVS) was a Roman statesman and naval commander in the First Punic War.
He was elected as a consul in 242 BC, a ''novus homo''. He led a Roman fleet into victory over Hamilcar Barca's Carthaginian fleet in the Battle of the Aegates Islands. This was the decisive battle of the First Punic War. To celebrate his victory, he built a temple to Juturna in Campus Martius, in the area currently known as Largo di Torre Argentina.
His brother, Quintus Lutatius Cerco, was a consul in the following year and a censor in 236 BC.
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★ Gaius Lutatius Catulus is also the main character of Finnish writer Jukka M. Heikkilä's book ''Merikonsuli.''
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