He was appointed dictator in 216 BC , rei gerundae causa , for the purpose of repelling Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces from Italy .
He was a consul in 230 BC alongside Marcus Aemilius Barbula and a censor with Gaius Claudius Centho in 225 BC .
consul was appointed dictator in 216 BC , rei gerundae causa , for the purpose of repelling Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces from Italy .
He was a consul in 230 BC alongside Marcus Aemilius Barbula and a censor with Gaius Claudius Centho in 225 BC .