Marcus Publicius Malleolus

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]

References

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

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

Political offices
Preceded by Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus Manius Pomponius Matho	Roman consul 232 BC With: Marcus Aemilius Lepidus	Succeeded by Marcus Pomponius Matho Gaius Papirius Maso

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