Lucius Aemilius Barbula

Lucius Aemilius Barbula

Lucius Aemilius Barbula was a patrician Roman consul in 281 BC. His colleague was Quintus Marcius Philippus. During his consulship he was given a command against the Samnites but spent most of the year fighting the Tarentines in the then-incipient Pyrrhic War. In 281 BC as consul he intended to campaign against the Samnites, but after the Roman envoy Lucius Postumius Megellus was rebuffed from the Italiote city of Tarentum – the Tarentines refused to negotiate over the return of Roman prisoners whom they had taken in a march the previous year against the Roman ally Thurii or withdraw their forces from Thurii – the Romans declared war. The Senate ordered Aemilius to suspend his campaign against the Samnites and refocus his efforts against the Tarentines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucius Aemilius Barbula is the 14,685th most popular politician (down from 14,011th in 2019). (down from 3,742nd in 2019)