Person

Gaius Popillius Laenas

Roman consul

b. 218 BCE – d. 135 BCE World The Middle of The Earth

Gaius Popillius Laenas (the alternate spellings Popilius and Laena are fairly common) twice serves as one of the two consuls of the Roman Republic, in 172 and 158 BCE.

His name indicates he was of the gens of the Popilii; the Latin plural of Laenas is Laenates.