Publius Memmius Regulus

Who is Publius Memmius Regulus?

Publius Memmius Regulus was consul suffectus in AD 31, during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. He entered office on the Kalends of October, and his magistracy saw the downfall of Sejanus, whom Regulus personally conducted to prison.

After his consulship, Regulus was praefect of Macedonia and Achaea. While serving in this position, the emperor Caligula ordered him to remove the statue of Jupiter by Phidias at Olympia, and bring it to Rome. The emperor also compelled him to divorce his wife, Lollia Paullina, a woman of great beauty and considerable wealth. She became Caligula's third wife in AD 38, but he divorced her and sent her into exile after six months.

Regulus died in AD 63. He was probably the father of Gaius Memmius Regulus, consul in that year.