Gaius Aquillius Florus

Roman general and statesman, consul in 259 BCE

Gaius Aquillius Florus was one of the two consuls of the Roman Republic in the year 259 BCE. His consular colleague was Lucius Cornelius Scipio. Together they fought in the ongoing First Punic War.

Aquillius Florus fought the Carthaginian general Hamilcar on Sicily while his consular collegae attacked the Carthaginian fleet based in Corsica.[1] In 258 BCE, Florus' command was prorogued and he continued his campaign as proconsul.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Smith, William (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 177\. Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
2. ^ T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (American Philological Association, 1951, 1986), vol. 1, p. 206, citing Zonaras 8.11 and Polybius 1.24.8.

Political offices

Preceded by

Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Asina
Gaius Duilius

|  Consul of the Roman Republic
259 BC
With:  Lucius Cornelius Scipio | Succeeded by

Aulus Atilius Calatinus
Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus

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