Marcus Publicius Malleolus Explained

Marcus Publicius Malleolus was a Roman statesman who served as Consul.^[1]

He built, with his brother, a temple dedicated to the goddess Flora and instituted the Floralia.^[2] He was elected Consul in 232 BC with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. They served during a transition period between the First and the Second Punic War.^[3]

Bibliography

• William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, Vol.2 p. 908 n.1

Notes and References

1. Marcus Terentius Varro, De lingua Latina, V, 158
2. Tassilo Schmitt, The New Pauly's Encyclopedia of Classical Antiquity, Vol.10 p.580
3. Zonaras, VIII, 18, 13