Publius Memmius Regulus
Publius Memmius Regulus (died AD 61) was a Roman senator active during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. He served as consul suffectus from October to December AD 31 with Lucius Fulcinius Trio as his colleague, governor of Achaea from AD 35 to 44, and governor of Asia possibly in AD 48-49. Background and family His father was also named Publius. He was from the town of Rosceliona in the province of Gallia Narbonensis. Regulus came to the consulate a novus homo, meaning that no member of his family had previously achieved that office; Ronald Syme goes as far as to label Regulus "the first Narbonensian consul, anticipating Valerius Asiaticus in 35 and Domitius Afer in 39". A Gaius Memmius had been consul suffectus in 34 BC, but they were likely unrelated. Regulus' wife was Lollia Paulina, a woman of great beauty and considerable wealth. Shortly after his accession, Caligula compelled Regulus to divorce Paulina, who in AD 38 became the emperor's third wife. But after six months, the emperor divorced and exiled Paulina. Regulus was probably the father of Gaius Memmius Regulus, consul in AD 63. Political career Regulus and his colleague, Trio, entered their consulship on the Kalends