A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

6. M.PopilliusLaenas, M. F. P. N., the son of No. 3, was consul B. C. 139, and, as pro-consul in the following year, suffered a defeat from the Numantines. (Liv. Epil. 55; Frontin. Strateg. 3.17; App. Hisp. 79.)