Lucius Furius Philus was a Roman statesman who became consul of ancient Rome in 136 BC.
The consul of the previous year, Gaius Hostilius Mancinus, had recently suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Numantines and was forced to surrender, an event known as the foedus Mancinum.
As his successor in Spain, it was Furius Philus who handed Mancinus over to the Numantines as recompense for the annulled treaty.
Pompeius', as lieutenants for his Spanish command, apparently so that his achievements could be lauded by even those who disliked him.
[1][2] He is mentioned by Macrobius as the author of a work mentioning two sacral formulae to use against besieged cities, while Cicero, in de Republica, praises the style of Furius' speeches.