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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Ju'lia (search)
44). Pompey wished her ashes to repose in his favourite Alban villa, but the Roman people, who loved Julia, determined they should rest in the field of Mars. For permission a special decree of the senate was necessary, and L. Domitius Ahenobarbus [AHENOBARBUS, No. 7], one of the consuls of B. C. 54, impelled by his hatred to Pompey and Caesar, procured an interdict from the tribunes. But the popular will prevailed, and, after listening to a funeral oration in the forum, the people placed her urn in the Campus Martius. (D. C. 39.64; comp. 48.53.) It was remarked, as a singular omen, that on the day Augustus entered the city as Caesar's adoptive son, the monument of Julia was struck by lightning (Suet. Octav. 95; comp. Caes. 84). Caesar was in Britain, according to Seneca (Cons. ad Marc. 14), when he received the tidings of Julia's death. (Comp. Cic. ad Quint. fr 3.1, ad Att. 4.17.) He vowed games to her manes, which he exhibited in B. C. 46. (D. C. 43.22; Suet. Jul. 26; PIut. Caes. 55.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Labie'nus (search)
in the engagement. (Frontin. Strat. 2.7.13.) From Dyrrhachium Labienusrepaired with Afranius to Corcyra, in order to join Cato; and from thence he proceeded to Cyrene (Plut. Cat. Mi. 56), which refused to receive him, and finally he joined the scattered remnants of the Pompeian party in Africa. Here Scipio and Cato, two of the most celebrated leaders of the Pompeians, collected a considerable army. Labienus had at first the command of an army near Ruspina, where he fought against Caesar, in B. C. 46, at first with some success, but was at length repulsed. Soon after this battle Labienus united his forces with those of Scipio, under whom he served as legate during the rest of the campaign. (D. C. 42.10, 43.2; Appian, App. BC 2.95; Hirt. B. Afr. 15-19, &c.) When the battle of Thapsus placed the whole of Africa in Caesar's power, Labienus fled into Spain with the surviving relics of his party, in order to continue the war there in conjunction with Cn. Pompey. At the battle of Munda, whi
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Le'pidus (search)
roconsul Q. Cassius Longinus, in Forther Spain, and his quaestor M. Marcellus, who were making war upon one another, to lay down their arms, he assumed the title of imperator, though he had not struck a blow. On his return to Rome B. C. 47, Caesar gratified his vanity with a triumph, though the only trophies he could display, says Dio Cassius (43.1), was the money of which he had robbed the province. In the course of the same year Caesar made him his magister equitum, and in the next year, B. C. 46, his colleague in the consulship. He was likewise nominated magister equitum by Caesar for the second and third times in B. C. 45 and 44. In B. C. 44 Lepidus received from Caesar the government of Narbonese Gaul and Nearer Spain, but had not quitted the neighbourhood of Rome at the time of the dictator's death. He was then collecting troops for his provinces, and the conspirators had therefore proposed to murder him as well as Antony with the dictator; but this project was overruled. On t
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Liga'rius (search)
o the province by the senate; and when Tubero made his appearance off Utica shortly afterwards, he was not permitted even to land. Ligarius fought under Varus against Curio in the course of the same year (B. C. 49), and against Caesar himself in B. C. 46. After the battle of Thapsus, in which the Pompeian army was defeated, Ligarius was taken prisoner at Adrumetum. His life was spared, but he was banished by Caesar. His friends at Rome exerted themselves to procure his pardon, but were unable to succeed at first. notwithstanding the intercession of his brothers, of his uncle, T. Brocchus, and of Cicero himself, who had an audience with the dictator on the 23d of September, B. C. 46, for the purpose. Meantime, a public accusation was brought against Ligarius by Q. Aelius Tubero, the son of L. Tubero, whom Ligarius had united with Varus in preventing from landing in Africa. He was accused on account of his conduct in Africa, and his connection with the enemies of the dictator. The case w
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Liga'rius (search)
Liga'rius 4. P. Ligarius, was taken prisoner by Caesar in the African war, B. C. 46, and was put to death by him, because he had been previously pardoned by Caesar in Spain in B. C. 49, on the condition that he should not serve against him. (Auct. Bell. Afr. 64.) This Publius may have been a brother of the three other Ligarii, but is nowhere mentioned as such.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
n him against Caesar; but in that sea he accidentally fell in with Caesar, and although he had a much larger force, he was so much astonished and alarmed at meeting with the conqueror, that he did not attempt to make any resistance, but surrendered himself unconditionally into his power. Caesar not only forgave hint, but made him soon afterwards one of his legates. Whether Cassius took part in the Alexandrian war, is unknown; but he appears to have been engaged in that against Pharnaces. In B. C. 46 he remained in Rome, as he did not wish to accompany Caesar to Africa in order to fight against his former friends, and he was busily engaged during this time in studying along with Cicero. In the following year, B. C. 45, he retired from Rome to Brundisium, waiting to hear the result of the struggle in Spain, and intending to return to Rome on the first news of the victory of the dictator. During this time he and Cicero kept up a diligent correspondence with one another. (Cic. Fam. 17-19;
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Lyso (search)
Lyso a Sicilian of rank at Lilybaeum, whom Verres, while praetor of Sicily in B. C. 73-71, robbed of a statue of Apollo. (Cic. in Verr. 4.17.) A son of Lyso, bearing the same name, is recommended by Cicero to M'. Acilius Glabrio, proconsul in Sicily in B. C. 46. (ad Fam. 13.34.) [GLABRIO, No. 6.] [W.B.D]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Metellus Scipio (search)
of Varus, who laid claim to it. As soon as Scipio had received the command, he attempted to destroy the important town of Utica, in order to gratify Juba, and it was with difficulty that Cato prevented him from doing it. His conduct in Africa seems to have been as oppressive as it had been in Syria; in every direction he plundered the inhabitants and laid waste the country. At length Caesar landed in Africa, at the end of December, B. C. 47, and in the month of April in the following year, B. C. 46, he defeated Scipio and Juba at the decisive battle of Thapsus. Scipio immediately fled to the sea, and with a small squadron of ships steered first for Utica; but, learning from Cato that there would be no security for him there, he put out to sea, intending to sail over to Spain. Contrary winds, however, obliged him to put back to Hippo Regius, where he fell in with the fleet of P. Sittius, who fought on Caesar's side. His small squadron was overpowered; and, as he saw that escape was imp
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Metrodo'rus (search)
Metrodo'rus 4. The physician mentioned by Cicero (Ep. ad Famil. 16.20) as attending on his freedman Tiro, B. C. 46. One of the above (perhaps the third) is quoted by Marbodus (De Gemmis), and called by him " maximus auctor." (See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xiii. p. 337, ed. vet.) [W.A.G]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mini'dius (search)
Mini'dius L., was a Roman merchant or banker. established at Elis in B. C. 46, with whose heirs Cicero had some pecuniary transactions. He was brother of L. Mescinius Rufus, quaestor in Achaia [RUFUS], and married an Oppia. (Cic. Fam. 13.26, 28.) [W.B.D]
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