Not to be confused with Marcus Fulvius Paetinus (consul in 299 BC) Marcus Fulvius Curvus Paetinus was a Roman suffect consul in 305 BC with Lucius Postumius Megellus. He was elected to replace Tiberius Minucius Augurinus, who died in office. He was the son of Lucius Fulvius Curvus, consul in 322 BC. He was a member of the

plebeian In ancient Rome, the plebeians or plebs were the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census, or in other words "commoners". Both classes were hereditary. Etymology The precise origins of the gro ...

Fulvia gens The gens Fulvia, originally Foulvia, was one of the most illustrious plebeian families at ancient Rome. Members of this gens first came to prominence during the middle Republic; the first to attain the consulship was Lucius Fulvius Curvus in 322 ...

. He defeated the

Samnites The Samnites () were an ancient Italic peoples, Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy. An Oscan language, Oscan-speaking Osci, people, who originated as an offsh ...

in the Second Samnite War, and celebrated a triumph.

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