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'''Gaius Marcius [[Figulus (disambiguation)|Figulus]]''' was a politician of the [[Roman Republic]] who served as [[praetor]] in 169 BC, [[Roman consul]] in 162 BC, and again as consul in 156 BC.<ref>Liv. 43.11.7.3 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/1662/1017-1024#1662</ref><ref name="Livy">{{cite book|author=Titus Livius Livy|title=The History of Rome (Books XXXVII-CXL)|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44318/44318-h/44318-h.htm}} 43.11.</ref> Upon being elected to the praetorship in 169 BC, Figulus received command of the Roman fleets by lot.<ref name="Livy2">{{cite book|author=Titus Livius Livy|title=The History of Rome (Books XXXVII-CXL)|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44318/44318-h/44318-h.htm}} 43.15.</ref>  Later that year, he transported the consul, [[Quintus Marcius Philippus (consul 186 BC)|Quintus Marcius Philippus]], to Ambracia so that he could assume command of Roman forces fighting the [[Third Macedonian War]].<ref name="Livy3">{{cite book|author=Titus Livius Livy|title=The History of Rome (Books XXXVII-CXL)|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44318/44318-h/44318-h.htm}} 44.1.</ref> Figulus himself sailed on to Creusa, then crossed [[Boeotia]] by land in a single day to join the rest of the fleet at [[Chalcis]].<ref name="Livy3"></ref>  The only other mention [[Livy]] makes of Figulus is a reference to his having assigned part of the fleet to winter quarters at Sciathus, and the remainder at [[Oreus|Oreum]], in [[Euboea]], which he judged the best location to maintain supply lines to the army in [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedon]].<ref name="Livy4">{{cite book|author=Titus Livius Livy|title=The History of Rome (Books XXXVII-CXL)|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/44318/44318-h/44318-h.htm}} 44.13.</ref>
Figulus became [[Roman consul|consul]] for the first time in 162 BC, but he and his colleague [[Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum]] abdicated when something went wrong with the [[auspices]].<ref>Plutarch, ''Life of Marcellus'', 5; T. R. Broughton, ''The magistrates of the Roman Republic'', p. 442.</ref>
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