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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Macatus, M. Li'vius was appointed by the propraetor M. Valerius, in B. C. 214, commander of the town and citadel of Tarentum, and defended both with success against the attacks of Hannibal in that year. But two years afterwards (B. C. 212) the town was taken by a surprise, and Livius fled for refuge into the citadel, which he maintained, notwithstanding all the attempts of Hannibal to dislodge him. In course of time the Roman troops suffered dreadfully, from want of In B. C. 210, D. Quintius was sent with a fleet to convey provisions to the citadel, but was defeated by the Tarentines; this disaster, however, was counterbalanced by a victory which Livius gained at the same time by land. Livius continued in possession of the citadel till the town was retaken by Q. Fabius Maximus in B. C. 209. In the following year there was a warm debate in the senate respecting Livius Macatus; some maintaining that he ought to be punished for losing the town, others that he deserved to be rewarded fo
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mago (search)
alter their plan of operations, and Mago, with the forces under his command, was despatched to the support of his brother Hasdrubal in that country, B. C. 215. (Liv. 23.1, 11, 13, 32; Appian, App. Hisp. 16; Zonar. 9.2, 3.) It is hardly necessary to point out in detail the part borne by Mago in the subsequent operations in Spain, a sketch of which is given under HASDRUBAL, No. 6. We find him mentioned as cooperating in the siege of Illiturgi (B. C. 215), in the defeat of the two Scipios (B. C. 212), and on several other occasions- (Liv. 23.49, 24.41, 42, 25.32, 39, 26.20; Appian, App. Hisp. 24.) His position during these campaigns is not quite clear, but it would seem that though frequently acting independently, he was still in some degree subject to the superior authority of his brother, as well as of Hasdrubal, the son of Gisco: perhaps it was the somewhat ambiguous character of their relations to one another that led to the dissensions and jealousies among the three generals, of
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mago (search)
Mago 7. Surnamed the Sannite (o *Sauni/ths), was one of the chief officers of Hannibal in Italy, where he held for a considerable time the chief command in Bruttium. Here he is mentioned in B. C. 212 as co-operating with Hanno, the son of Bomilcar, in the siege and capture of Thurii; and not long after he was enabled by the treachery of the Lucanian Flavius to lead the Roman general Tib. Gracchus into an ambuscade in which he lost his life. [FLAVIUS, No. 2.] Mago immediately sent his lifeless body, together with the insignia of his rank, to Hannibal. (Liv. 25.15, 16; Diod. Exc. Vales. xxvi. p. 569; V. Max. 1.6.8.) In 208 we find him defending the city of Locri against the Roman general L. Cincius, who pressed the siege with so much vigour both by land and sea, that Mago could with difficulty hold out, when the opportune arrival of Hannibal himself compelled the Romans to raise the siege with precipitation. (Liv. 27.26, 28; comp. Frontin. Strateg. 4.7.29.) According to Polybius (9.25)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mago (search)
Mago 9. An officer who commanded a body of Carthaginian cavalry at Capua in B. C. 212, and by a sudden sally threw the Roman army under the two consuls App. Claudius and Fulvius into confusion, and occasioned them heavy loss. (Liv. 25.18.) It is probably the same whom we find shortly afterwards commanding a body of horse under Hannibal himself, and taking a prominent part in the defeat of the praetor Cn. Fulvius at Herdonea. (Id. 21.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Masinissa (search)
sylians, who had lately entered into an alliance with Rome. Masinissa was appointed by his father to command the invading force, with which he attacked and totally defeated Syphax, whom he drove to take refuge in Mauritania, and following him thither carried on the war with unabated vigour, so as effectually to prevent him from crossing into Spain to the assistance of the Romans in that country. (Liv. 24.49.) Of the farther progress of this war in Africa we hear nothing; but the next year (B. C. 212) we find Masinissa in Spain, supporting the Carthaginian generals there with a large body of Numidian horse; and it appears probable that, though only occasionally mentioned, he continued to hold the same post during the subsequent years of the war in that country. In 210, indeed, he is mentioned as being at Carthage, but apparently only for the purpose of obtaining reinforcements for the army in Spain, in which country we again find him in the following year (209), at the time that Hasdru
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
ybius (2.21), however, places the agrarian law of C. Flaminius four years earlier, in the consulship of M. Aemilius Lepidus, B. C. 232. Carvilius is not mentioned again till the year of the fatal battle of Cannae, B. C. 216, when he proposed, in order to fill up the numbers of the senate and to unite the Latin allies more closely to the Romans in this their season of adversity, that the vacancies in the senate should be supplied by electing two senators from each one of the Latin tribes, but his proposition was rejected with the utmost indignation and contempt. He died in B. C. 212, at which time he was augur. (Liv. 23.22, 26.23.) Carvilius is related to have been the first person who divorced his wife, which he is said to have done on the ground of barrenness, but his conduct was generally disapproved. Whether, however, this was really the first instance of divorce at Rome may be questioned. (Gel. 4.3; V. Max. 2.1.4; Dionys. A. R. 2.25; Niebuhr, Hist. of Rome, vol. iii. p. 355.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Me'ricus (search)
Me'ricus a leader of Spanish mercenaries in the service of Syracuse at the time when that city was besieged by Marcellus. After the departure of Epicydes, and the massacre of the officers whom he had left in the command, six new praetors were appointed, of whom Mericus was one; but he entered into a correspondence with his countrymen in the Roman service; and being entrusted with the charge of part of the island of Ortygia, took the opportunity to admit a body of Roman troops into that fortress. By this means Marcellus became master of the citadel, which soon led to the capture of the whole city, B. C. 212. Mericus was rewarded for his treachery by appearing in the ovation of the Roman general adorned with a crown of gold, besides the more substantial benefits of the Roman franchise, and an assignment of 500 jugera of land. (Liv. 25.30, 31, 26.21.) [E.H.B]
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Meti'lius (search)
Meti'lius 3. M. Metilius, tribune of the plebs in B. C. 217, brought forward a rogation to deprive Q. Fabius Maximus, then dictator, of the sole control of the legions, and to admit the master of the horse, Q. Minucius Thermus, to an equal share of the command. Metilius was legatus, in B. C. 212, from the senate to the consuls, after some reverses, in the seventh year of the second Punic war. (Liv. 22.25, 25.22.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mu'tines (search)
Mu'tines *Mouti/nas, (Polybius calls him *Mutto/nas), an African by birth, belonging to the halfcaste race called the Lybio-Phoenicians. He was brought up and trained in war under the eye of Hannibal, and having given frequent proofs of his ability and activity as an officer, was selected by that general to take the command in Sicily after the death of Hippocrates. He accordingly joined Epicydes and Hanno at Agrigentum before the close of the year B. C. 212, and being placed at the head of the Numidian cavalry, quickly spread his ravages through great part of the island. Marcellus was now compelled to turn his arms against this new enemy, and advanced as far as the river Himera, where he sustained a severe check from the cavalry of Mutines; but shortly after the jealousy of Hanno and Epicydes prompted them to give battle during a temporary absence of the Numidian leader, and they were totally defeated. (Plb. 9.22; Liv. 25.40, 41.) But even after this blow Mutines was soon able to res
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Nero (search)
a body of cavalry under the consul Marcellus. He was instructed to attack the rear of Hannibal's army near Nola, but he either lost his way or had not time to come up, and he was not present in the engagement in which the consul defeated Hannibal, for which he was severely rated by Marcellus. He is evidently the C. Claudius Nero who was praetor in the year but one after (Liv. 25.1, 2), and was stationed at Suessula, whence he was summoned by the consuls Q. Fulvius 111. and Appius Claudius (B. C. 212) to assist at the siege of Capua. (Liv. 25.22, 25.5.) Nero was sent in the same year into Spain (Liv. 26.17; Appian, Hispan. 17) with a force to oppose Hasdrubal. He landed at Tarraco (Tarragona), but Hasdrubal eluded his attack, and P. Cornelius Scipio was sent to command in Spain. Nero commanded as legatus (Liv. 27.14) under Marcellus B. C. 209, and the battle in which Hannibal was defeated near Canusium (Canosa). In B. C. 207, Nero was consul with M. Livius II. Nero marched into the sou
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