Lucius Marcius Censorinus
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For the Roman consul 39 BC, see Lucius Marcius Censorinus (consul 39 BC).
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Lucius Marcius Censorinus was a Roman Republican consul who served alongside Manius Manilius. He and Manilius led the Roman legions in an ill-fated two-pronged attack on Carthage, which was eventually repulsed by the army of the Carthaginian Generals Hasdrubal the Boeotarch and Himilco Phameas, during the first stages of the Third Punic War.[1]
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- ^ Appian, Punica 97–99
| Preceded by Titus Quinctius Flamininus and Manius Acilius Balbus |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Manius Manilius 149 BC |
Succeeded by Spurius Postumius Albinus Magnus and Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus |