Who was the leader of the romans during the first punic war?
There were many leaders of Rome in the first punic war. Most of them were admirals because most of the battles fought were naval. Some were successfull, some ineffectual. The most famous of the successfull ones were Gaius Dullius, in whose honour a column erected, and Gaius Lucitatius Catulus who defeated the Carthagean forces in the decisive battle. The failures were Publius Claudius Pulcher and Scipio Asina who lost their entire fleets in a single combat. The most famous of the land commanders was Marcus Attilius Regulus who, alledgely, surrendered to Carthage to spare his country of war. This is probably mere propaganda.
