Aulus Atilius Serranus

Aulus Atilius Serranus was a Roman consul in the year 170 BC, together with Aulus Hostilius Mancinus.

Atilius Serranus began as praetor urbanus in 173 BC. He was instructed to renew the alliance with Antiochus IV.[1][2] The next year, he was charged with ensuring that a part of the Roman army in Brundusium was successfully moved to Macedonia in support of the Third Macedonian War by consul Gaius Popillius Laenas.[3] After this, he was appointed consul in 170 BC.

References

  1. Livy, 42.6
  2. Broughton, 1. p. 408, who also suggests that he was praetor in 192 BC.
  3. Baker, George (1836). Livy. Harper & Brothers. pp. 169, 194.
Preceded by
Gaius Cassius Longinus and Publius Licinius Crassus
Consul of the Roman Republic
with Aulus Hostilius Mancinus
170 BC
Succeeded by
Gnaeus Servilius Caepio and Quintus Marcius Philippus
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