On the documentary and iconographic evidence for the career of Gaius Duilius, cos. 260 B.C., first Roman to celebrate a naval triumph for his victory over the Carthaginians.
Topics discussed include Duilius ' rostral column, the Duilius elogium (CIL 12, 1, 25 = CIL 6, 1300 = ILS 65), of which a restored text with translation is provided ; Duilius ' « praeda » and gifts to the people, and his coinage.
By converting actual chunks of captured ships into coinage which he then distributed to the people, Duilius transformed a mundane medium of exchange into a vehicle of propaganda through which his exploits and generosity could be broadcast
