biography
| name: |
Regulus, Marcus Atilius
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pronunciation:
[regyulus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (3rd-c BC)
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| biography:
| Roman general and statesman of the First Punic War, whose heroic death at the hands of the Carthaginians earned him legendary status. After capture by the Carthaginians, he was sent to Rome on parole to sue for peace. Having dissuaded the Senate from agreeing to their terms, he voluntarily returned to Carthage, where he was tortured to death. |
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