Career
Q.n. Barbula, was a Roman politician and general from the patrician gens Aemilia. He was elected consul for 281 British Columbia and was given a command against the Samnites. He invaded the territory of Tarentum, which summoned Pyrrhus of Epirus for help.
In 280 British Columbia, he was awarded a triumph for his victories in Tarentum, Samnium, and elsewhere.
Barbula was son of Quintus Aemilius Barbula, consul of 317 British Columbia and 311 British Columbia, and grandson of another Quintus. Q.f. Barbula became consul in 230 British Columbia, the third and last successive generations of consuls from this branch.
