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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
enjoy his confidence and esteem, and received from him in B. C. 46 the government of Cisalpine Gaul as successor to M. Brutus. Cicero speaks of his departure from the city at the end of December in that year to take the command of the province, and says "that he was followed by extraordinary good wishes on the part of all good men, because he had relieved many from misery, and had shown great good feeling and kindliness in the recent calamities." (Cic. Fam. 15.17.) Pansa returned to Rome in B. C. 45; and in B. C. 44 Caesar nominated him and Hirtius, his colleague in the augurate, consuls for B. C. 43. From that time the name of Pansa becomes so closely connected with that of Hirtius, that it is impossible to relate the history of the one without giving that of the other. The reader is therefore referred to the article HIRTIUS, where he will find an account of the events of the years B. C. 44 and 43, till the fall of both the consuls at Mutina in the month of April in the latter year, t
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pe'dius (search)
t his election. (Cic. pro Planc. 7, 22: respecting the interpretation of these passages, see Wunder, Prolegomena, p. lxxxiii, &c. to his edition of Cicero's oration pro Plancio.) On the breaking out of the civil war in B. C. 49, Pedius naturally joined Caesar. During Caesar's campaign in Greece against Pompey, B. C. 48, Pedius remained in Italy, having been raised to the praetorship, and in the course of that year he defeated and slew Milo in the neighbourhood of Thurii. At the beginning of B. C. 45, we find Pedius serving as legatus against the Pompeian party in Spain, and on his return to Rome with Caesar in the autumn of the year, he was allowed the honour of a triumph with the title of proconsul. (Fasti Capit.) In Caesar's will Pedius was named one of his heirs along with his two other great-nephews, C. Octavius and L. Pinarius, Octavius obtaining three-fourths of the property, and the remaining fourth being divided between Pinarins and Pedius, who resigned his share of the inherit
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pha'meas (search)
Pha'meas a rich freedman from Sardinia, was the uncle of M. Tigellius Hermogenes, of whom Horace speaks (Sat. 1.2). Phanmeas died in B. C. 49; and in B. C. 45 Cicero undertook to plead some cause relating to the property of Phameas against the young Octavii, the sons of Cneius. Cicero did this in order to please the dictator Caesar, who patronised the musician Tigellius; but He did not fulfil his promise, for reasons which he assigned to Tigellius, but which appeared unsatisfactory to the latter. (Cic. Att. 9.9.4, 13.6, ad Fam. 9.16, 7.24 ad Att. 13.49; Weichert, Poet. Lat. p. 304 Drumann's Rom. vol. vi. p. 318.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Philo (search)
Philo 2. A freedman of Pompey, was distinguished by his energetic assistance of the Pompeian party in Spain, B. C. 45. (Bell. Hisp. 35; Cic. Att. 16.4.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pi'lia (search)
Pi'lia the wife of T. Pomponius Atticus, the friend of Cicero. We know nothing of her origin, and scarcely any thing of her relations. The M. Pilius, who is said to have sold an estate to C. Albanius, about B. C. 45 (Cic. Att. 13.31), is supposed by some to have been her father, but this is quite uncertain. The Q. Pilius, who went to Caesar in Gaul in B. C. 54 (ad Att. 4.17), was undoubtedly her brother; and he must be the same as the Pilius who accused M. Servilius of repetundae in B. C. 51 (Cael. ad Fam. 8.8). His full name was Q. Pilius Celer; for the Q. Celer, whose speech against M. Servilius Cicero asks Atticus to send him in B. C. 50 (Cic. Att. 6.3.10), must have been the same person as the one already mentioned, as Drumann has observed, and not Q. Metellus Celer, as the commentators have stated, since the latter had died as early as B. C. 59. With the exception, however of the M. Pilius and Q. Pilius, whom we have spoken of, no other person of this name occurs. Pilia was mar
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Plancus (search)
the death of Clodius. It would appear from this letter that Cicero had on some previous occasion defended Plancus. After his condemnation Plancus repaired to Ravenna in Cisalpine Gaul, where he was kindly received by Caesar. Soon after the beginning of the civil war he was restored to his civic rights by Caesar; and from that time he continued to reside at Rome, taking no part apparently in the civil war; and the only thing by which he showed his gratitude to the dictator, was by fighting as a gladiator, together with several other citizens, on the occasion of Caesar's triumph after his return from Spain, B. C. 45. After Caesar's death Plancus fought on Antony's side in the campaign of Mutina, but he was unsuccessful; he was driven out of Pollentia by Pontius Aquila, the legate of D. Brutus, and in his flight broke his leg. (D. C. 40.49, 55, 46.38; Plut. Pomp. 55, Cat. 48; Ascon. in Cic. Mil. p. 32, &c., ed. Orelli; Cic. Att. 6.1.10, ad Fam. 12.18, Phil. 6.4, 10.10, 11.6, 12.8, 13.12.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
one of the opponents of the tribune Dolabella, who was endeavouring to carry a measure for the abolition of all debts (Plut. Ant. 9). and as a private person he could not have offered any open resistance to a tribune. In the following year, B. C. 46, Pollio fought under Caesar against the Pompeian party ill Africa, and he related in his history how he and Caesar on one occasion had driven back the enemy when their troops were surprised (Plut. Caes. 52). He also accompanied Caesar next year, B. C. 45, in his campaign in Spain, and on his return to Rome must have been one of the fourteen praetors, whom Caesar appointed in the course of this year, since we find him called praetorius in the history of B. C. 44. (Veil. Pat. 2.73.) He did not, however, remain long in Rome, for Caesar sent him again into Spain, with the command of the Further Province, in order to prosecute the war against Sex. Pompey, who had again collected a considerable force since the battle of Munda. He was in his provi
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeia (search)
Pompeia 6. Of uncertain origin, the wife of P. Vatinius, who was tribune, B. C. 59. She was still alive in B. C. 45. (Cic. Fam. 5.11.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeius (search)
n of some of the islands off the Spanish coast, and appears not to have landed on the mainland till B. C. 46. He had not been here long before he was joined by his brother Sextus and others of his party, who had fled from Africa after their defeat at Thapsus. In a short time he was at the head of thirteen legions. Caesar sent his legate C. Didius against him, and towards the end of the year followed himself. The war was brought to a close by the battle of Munda, fought on the 17th of March, B. C. 45, in which Caesar entirely defeated the Pompeians. It was, however, the most bloody battle during the whole of the civil war : the Pompeians fought with the courage of despair; they drove back at first Caesar's troops, and it was only by Caesar's throwing himself into the front line of the battle, and exposing his person like a common soldier, that they were led back again to the charge. Cneius himself escaped with a severe wound, and fled to Carteia on the sea-coast. Here he embarked, and s
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Pompeius (search)
murdered before their eyes. From thence they fled to Cyprus, and shortly afterwards joined Cn. Pompey and Cato. Sextus remained in Africa, while his brother Cneius went to Spain; but after the battle of Thapsus B. C. 46, which ruined all the hopes of the Pompeians in Africa, Sextus quitted that country, and repaired to his brother in Spain, together with Labienus and others of their party. In Spain he kept possession of Corduba till the defeat of his brother at the battle of Munda in March, B. C. 45. As soon as he heard of the loss of this battle, he fled from Corduba, and lived for a time in concealment in the country of the Lacetani, between the Iberus and the Pyrenees. Here he supported himself by robbery, and gradually collected a considerable band of followers, with whom he penetrated into the province of Baetica. The governor of the province, C. Carrinas, was unable to offer any effectual opposition to him; he was generally supported by the natives and the veterans of his father
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