Manius Otacilius Crassus
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Manius Otacilius Crassus was a
Roman consul A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
of Samnite origins and served during the
Punic Wars The Punic Wars were a series of wars between 264 and 146BC fought between Roman Republic, Rome and Ancient Carthage, Carthage. Three conflicts between these states took place on both land and sea across the western Mediterranean region and i ...
. His consular colleague in 263 BC was
Manius Valerius Maximus Corvinus Messalla Manius Valerius Maximus Messalla was Roman consul in 263 BC. Biography Manius Valerius Maximus was the son of Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvinus, consul in 289 BC, and grandson of Marcus Valerius Corvus. With his colleague, Manius Otacilius Crass ...
,
Polybius Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail. Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...
, 1.16
and in 246 BC his colleague was Marcus Fabius Licinus.


See also

* Otacilia gens


References

3rd-century BC Roman consuls 3rd-century BC deaths Otacilii Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{AncientRome-politician-stub