[2] Carvilius was consul a second time in 228 BC with Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus.
Cicero reports that he did not object to the proposed agrarian law for dividing the lands of Gallia Cisalpina, although Polybius stated that this law was passed four years earlier.
[3][4] Following the disaster of the Cannae, Carvilius noted the greatly diminished numbers of the Senate, and with note to the uncertain loyalty of Rome's Latin allies in the face of Hannibal's invasion, he proposed that two senators should be elected from each of the Latin tribes, thereby filling many vacancies, and uniting the Roman state with her closest allies.
[6] Some sources relate that Carvilius was the first person at Rome to have divorced his wife, which he did on grounds of barrenness.
However, it may be noted that the laws of the Twelve Tables provided for divorce more than two centuries before Carvilius.