C. F. C. N., consul B. C. 249, with P. Claudius Pulcher, in the first Punic war. His fleet was entirely destroyed by a storm, on account, as it was said, of his neglecting the auspices, and in despair he put an end to his own life. (Plb. 1.52_55; Diod. Fragm. 24.1; Eutrop. 2.15. s. 26, Oros. 4.10; V. Max. 1.4.3; Cic. de Div. 1.16, 2.8, 33, de Nat. Deor. 2.3; Censorin. de Die Nat. 17.)