DULIUS, CAIUS NEPOS (B. C. 260), a Roman consul, who gained a distinguished victory over the Carthaginian fleet on the Sicilian coast near Myle. This being the first naval victory of the Romans, Dulus enjoyed a splendid triumph, and was rewarded with the privilege of being attended whenever he had occasion to return from a banquet after nightfall by a torch-bearer and flute-player at the public expense. A column was raised in the Forum to commemorate his triumph, and was still to be seen in the days of Pliny and Quintilian. During the consulship of Dulus the Roman senate passed a decree forbidding the interment of dead bodies within the city.