4. M.PoeteliusLibo, M. F. M. N., consul B. C. 314, with C. Sulpicius Longus, and magister equitum in the following year, 313, to the dictator, C. Poetelius Libo. In his consulship, Poetelius and his colleague gained a brilliant victory over the Samnites, near Caudium, and afterwards proceeded to lay siege to Beneventum; but, according to the triumphal Fasti, it was Sulpicius alone who obtained the honour of a triumph. (Liv. 9.24_28 ; Diod. 19.73.)