Eiusdem nominis et sanguinis Atilius Regulus, primi Punici belli qua gloria qua clades maxima, cum in Africa insolentissimae Carthaginis opes crebris victoriis contunderet, ac prorogatum sibi ob bene gestas res in proximum annum imperium cognosset, consulibus scripsit vilicum in agello, quem septem iugerum in Pupinia habebat, mortuum esse, occasionemque nanctum mercennarium amoto inde rustico instrumento discessisse, ideoque petere ut sibi successor mitteretur, ne deserto agro non esset unde uxor ac liberi sui alerentur.
Atilius Regulus, of the same blood and name, at once the greatest glory and disaster of the First Punic War, was in Africa, beating down the power of insolent Carthage in frequent victories. When he learned that in recognition of his successes his command had been extended for another year, he wrote to the Consuls that the bailiff on the seven-iugera farm which he owned in Pupinia had died and that a hired hand had seized the opportunity to take away the farm equipment and leave; he therefore asked that a successor be sent him, so that the land be not deserted and his wife and children left without support.
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