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Gaius Duilius

C. Duilius

also: Duellium, Bellium, Duellii

Consul of 260 BC who won the first Roman naval victory over Carthage at Mylae in the First Punic War. Cicero (Orator 153) notes that the old family name Duellius was contracted to Bellius in his case.

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Orator: To Marcus Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention

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