Aulus Atilius Calatinus

Who was Aulus Atilius Calatinus?

Aulus Atilius Calatinus was a politician and general in Ancient Rome. He was the first Roman dictator to lead an army outside Italy, when he led his army into Sicily. He was consul in 258 BC and again in 254 BC, a praetor and triumphator in 257 BC, and finally a censor in 247 BC. Calatinus must have died by 216 BC, because Marcus Fabius Buteo was named the oldest living ex-censor; Calatinus would have been senior to him in terms of the date of censorship and their respective ages.