Back جايوس اكويليوس فلوروس ARZ Гай Аквилий Флор Bulgarian Gai Aquil·li Florus Catalan Gaius Aquillius Florus German Cayo Aquilio Floro Spanish Caius Aquillius Florus French Gaio Aquilio Floro Italian ガイウス・アクィッリウス・フロルス Japanese Gaius Aquillius M.f. Florus Latin Caio Aquílio Floro Portuguese
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 Floris 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.