Quintus Petillius Spurinus was a Roman politician in the second century BC.
Quintus Petillius served as Tribune of the plebs in 187 BC, accusing Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus of embezzlement.
[1] In 181 BC, he instigated the burning of the recently discovered writings of Numa Pompilius.
[2] In 176 BC, he was elected consul together with Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Hispallus as his colleague.
[3] After the sudden death of Hispallus of illness, Petillius held elections, in which Gaius Valerius Laevinus was appointed suffect consul.