Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus was a Roman politician and general who lived in the mid-fourth century BC and served multiple times as consul.
The senate appointed Quintus Servilius Ahala dictator with the sole responsibility of defeating the Gallic army.
[3] In 326 BC, Poetelius may have served as consul for a third time, alongside Lucius Papirius Cursor, and helped to pass the Lex Poetelia Papiria, which outlawed the nexum, a type of debt bondage previously used in Ancient Rome.
This confusion stems from vague sources; also, the Fasti Capitolini, which records both the names and filiations of Roman consuls, is missing for this year.
For this reason, the classicist Friedrich Münzer argued that the consul in 326 BC was not the elder Poetelius but instead his son.