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Punic War Generals

A list of Roman Punic War generals

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In the Punic Wars, a long list of Roman generals faced a smaller number of Carthaginian military commanders. Unless a dictator had been appointed, the consuls and praetors, who were in charge of the military forces, served a term of only a year, so the consular and praetorian armies changed generals frequently.

Source: The Military Decorations of the Roman Army, by Valerie A. Maxfield

Roman Generals of the First Punic War

L. Postumius Megellus(261)

Q. Mamilius Vitulus (261)

Gaius Duillius (260)

Marcus Atilius Regulus (256/255)

L. Caecilius Metellus (251)

Aulus Atilius Calatinus (249)

Claudius Pulcher (249)

Roman Generals of the Second Punic War

Aemilius Papus (224)

Caius Atilius Regulus (224)

Marcus Claudius Marcellus (222)

Publius Cornelius Scipio the elder (218)

Titius Sempronius, (218)

Gaius Flaminius (217)

Lucius Aemilius Paulus (216)

Publius Terentius Varro (216)

Marcus Claudius Marcellus (216/215/214/210/209)

Q. Fulvius Flaccus (212)

Appius Claudius (212)

Publius and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio (211)

Fulvius Centumalus (210)

P. Cornelius Scipio the Younger (208/203/202)

Gaius Claudius Nero (207)

Sempronius (204)

Roman Generals of the Third Punic War

Scipio Aemilianus (146)

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