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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]
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.
It was expected he would achieve this by raids and by encouraging Carthage's rebellious subject territories, but consuls had wide discretion. [45] Regulus chose to take his relatively small force and strike inland. [49] He advanced on the city of Adys (modern Uthina), only 60 kilometres (40 mi) south-east of Carthage, and besieged it. [50]
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 ...
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).
[94] [91] The terms offered to Carthage were more generous than those proposed by Regulus. [92] The question of which state was to control the western Mediterranean remained open, and when Carthage besieged the Roman-protected town of Saguntum in eastern Iberia in 218 BC, it ignited the Second Punic War with Rome. [95]
The Romans most likely expected that Carthage was bluffing when it refused to accept terms, and would capitulate as soon a Roman army blockaded the city, [31] or roused the Numidians and Libyans to rebel against Carthage. [32] Carthage came close to capitulation in 256-55 BC when Marcus Atilius Regulus invaded Africa.