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Marcus Atilius Regulus (fl. 267 – 255 BC) was a Roman statesman and general who was a consul of the Roman Republic in 267 BC and 256 BC. Much of his career was spent fighting the Carthaginians during the first Punic War .
It was expected he would achieve this by raids and by fomenting rebellion among Carthage's subject territories, but consuls had wide discretion. [45] Regulus chose to take his relatively small force and strike inland. [52] He advanced on the city of Adys, 60 kilometres (40 mi) south-east of Carthage, and besieged it. [53]
The scene depicts the departure from Rome of Regulus a consul and general of the Roman Republic. Taken prisoner by Carthage during the First Punic War he was released on parole during the negotiations for peace. Realising that Rome intended to violate the peace terms, he chose as a matter of honour to return to Carthage to face a certain ...
Xanthippus (Ancient Greek: Ξάνθιππος) of Lacedaemon, or of Carthage, was a Spartan mercenary general employed by Carthage during the First Punic War.He led the Carthaginian army to considerable success, compared to previous failure, against the Roman Republic during the course of the war, training the army to a professional standard before defeating the Romans at the Battle of Tunis ...
In 264 BC, the states of Carthage and Rome went to war, starting the First Punic War. [23] Carthage was a well-established maritime power in the Western Mediterranean; Rome had recently unified mainland Italy south of the Po under its control. The immediate cause of the war was control of the Sicilian town of Messana (modern Messina).
Regulus is an oil painting by English artist J. M. W. Turner, initially painted in 1828, and now in Tate Britain, London.It depicts the legend of Roman consul Marcus Atilius Regulus' death, in which he was captured by Carthaginian forces and eventually executed after being blinded by the Sun.
Regulus, within sight of what he took to be a thoroughly defeated Carthage, demanded harsh terms: Carthage was to hand over Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica; pay all of Rome's war expenses; pay tribute to Rome each year; be prohibited from declaring war or making peace without Roman permission; have its navy limited to a single warship; but provide ...
Carthage assembled a fleet which attempted to relieve them, but it was destroyed at the Battle of the Aegates Islands in 241 BC, [92] [93] forcing the cut-off Carthaginian troops on Sicily to negotiate for peace. [94] [91] The terms offered to Carthage were more generous than those proposed by Regulus. [92]