Marcus Publicius Malleolus

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Marcus Publicius Malleolus was a Roman statesman who served as Consul.[1]

He built, with his brother, a temple dedicated to the goddess Flora and instituted the Floralia.[2] He was elected Consul in 232 BC with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. They served during a transition period between the First and the Second Punic War.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marcus Terentius Varro, De lingua Latina, V, 158
  2. ^ Tassilo Schmitt, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol.10 p.580
  3. ^ Zonaras, VIII, 18, 13

Bibliography[edit]

  • William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Vol.2 p. 908 n.1
Political offices
Preceded by Roman consul
232 BC
With: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus 		Succeeded by


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