Lucius Junius (C. f. C. n.) Pullus (died 249 or 248 BC) was a

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general and the

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of Rome in 249 BC. together with Publius Claudius Pulcher during the

First Punic War The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC. For 23 years, in the longest continuous conflict and grea ...

. After the disastrous defeat of Publius Claudius Pulcher's fleet at the First Battle of Drepana, where his colleagues fleet was almost completely destroyed by the

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navy, Pulcher was recalled to Rome and fined for his incompetence. Pullus' own fleet was subsequently also destroyed by a storm and harassment from Carthaginian vessels. According to the chronicles, his dismay at losing the fleet led Lucius Junius Pullus to take his own life rather than returning to Rome in shame as his colleague had done.

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i. 52-55;

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Frag. XXIV. 1; Eutropius ii. 15. S. 26,

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iv. 10;

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I. 4. § 3;

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''de Div''. i. 16, ii. 8, 33, ''de Nat. Deor''. ii. 3;

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''Die Nat''. 17.

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* The information on this page was translated from its Spanish equivalent. Junius Pullus, Lucius 3rd-century BC Roman consuls Roman commanders of the First Punic War Ancient Roman generals Pullus, Lucius Year of birth unknown {{AncientRome-politician-stub

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