Lucius Cornelius L. f. Merula was consul

Consul

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 of the Roman Republic

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, along with Quintus Minucius Thermus

Quintus Minucius Thermus (consul 193 BC)

Quintus Minucius Thermus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 193 BC.In 202, Minucius Thermus may have been the military tribune named Thermus who served in Africa under Scipio Africanus. As a tribune of the plebs in 201, Thermus and his fellow tribune Manius Acilius Glabrio opposed the desire of...

, in 193 BC

193 BC

Year 193 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Merula and Thermus...

. His province was Gallia Cisalpina. Merula closed an active predatory campaign by a total defeat of the Boian

Boii

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 Gauls in the neighbourhood of Mutina

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. But since his victory cost the Romans dear, and the officers of Merula accused him of negligence on his march to Mutina, the senate

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 refused him a triumph

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 on his return to Rome

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