ɪn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv bˌiːsˈiː, hiː wʌz ᵻlˈɛktᵻd æz ɐ kˈɑːnsəl, ænd ɡˈeɪnd sˌʌm ɐdvˈæntɪdʒᵻz ˌoʊvɚ ðɪ ɪŋɡˈɔːni, ɐ lɪɡjˈʊɹɹiən tɹˈaɪb, ænd, baɪ hɪz vˈaɪələnt ˌɪntəfˈɪɹəns æt ðə kˈɑːmɪʃə, pɹəkjˈʊɹd ðɪ ᵻlˈɛkʃən ʌv hɪz bɹˈʌðɚ pˈʌblɪəs tə ðə kˈɑːnsəlʃˌɪp.
In 185 BC, he was elected as a consul, and gained some advantages over the Ingauni, a Ligurian tribe, and, by his violent interference at the comitia, procured the election of his brother Publius to the consulship.