Gaius Lutatius Catulus

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Temple to Juturna, built by Catulus to celebrate his victory at Aegades islands, in Largo di Torre Argentina, Rome.

Gaius Lutatius Catulus was a Roman statesman and naval commander in the First Punic War. He was elected as a consul in 242 BC, a novus homo. He led a Roman fleet into victory over Hamilcar Barca's Carthaginian fleet in the battle of the Aegates Islands. This was the decisive battle of the First Punic War. To celebrate his victory, he built a temple to Juturna in Campus Martius, in the area currently known as Largo di Torre Argentina.

He was the brother of the consul of the following year, Quintus Lutatius Catulus Cerco.

Trivia

• Gaius Lutatius Catulus is also the main character of Finnish writer Jukka M. Heikkilä's book Merikonsuli.

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