Ruler · 251 – 201 BCE

Gaius Popillius Laenas

Lived 251 – 201 BCE; politician, diplomat, military personnel. Roman consul of Ancient Rome, 172 BCE and 1 more term; also in the line of Roman Republic.

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Lived: 251 BCE – 201 BCE; 50 years
Lines: 2; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Roman consul

Ancient Rome · the 492nd and 518th of 845 dated reigns · 753 BCE – 480 · read from the line of Roman Republic

488 before

Marcus Popillius Laenas173 BCE

Lucius Postumius Albinus173 BCE

Publius Aelius Ligus172 BCE

Gaius Popillius Laenas172 BCE

Gaius Cassius Longinus171 BCE

Publius Licinius Crassus171 BCE

Aulus Atilius Serranus170 BCE

… 19 …

Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella159 BCE

Marcus Fulvius Nobilior159 BCE

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus158 BCE

Gaius Popillius Laenas158 BCE

Lucius Aurelius Orestes157 BCE

Sextus Julius Caesar157 BCE

Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Lupus156 BCE

324 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 172 BCE · under a year · came to it aged 79 · term 1 of 2

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 172 BCE, after the death recorded in 201 BCE

Reigned 158 BCE · under a year · came to it aged 93 · term 2 of 2

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 158 BCE, after the death recorded in 201 BCE

Also in the line of Roman Republic (486th of 754).

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