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Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC)

 * ... that when Roman consul Lucius Postumius Megellus left office in 290 BCE, he was fined 500,000 asses, at the time the largest fine issued to a Roman citizen, for abuse of power during the Samnite Wars?
 * Comment: Not a self nom. No QPQ review is required according to current DYK rules. --PFHLai (talk) 08:34, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Created/expanded by Oatley2112 (talk). Nominated by PFHLai (talk) at 08:34, 23 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Length, date, hook checked out; good to go; (initially struggled to verify hook ref - there seem to be various scans of the Arnold floating around on the internet, but tallies with Vol II 395 here), Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 17:04, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg Length, date, hook checked out; good to go; (initially struggled to verify hook ref - there seem to be various scans of the Arnold floating around on the internet, but tallies with Vol II 395 here), Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 17:04, 30 April 2012 (UTC)