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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Here'nnius (search)
Here'nnius 2. Herennius Bassus, was one of the principal citizens of Nola in Campania. The ruling order in Nola was Sabellian (Liv. 9.28; Strab. v. p.249); but from its zealous emulation of Cumae and Neapolis, Nola was almost a Greek city (Dionys. A. R. 15.5. fragm. Mai), and thence may have proceeded its staunch preference of a Roman to a Carthaginian alliance: for Herennius was the spokesman of his fellow-citizens when, in B. C. 215, they rejected Hanno's proposals to revolt to Hannibal. (Liv. 23.43.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Hiero'nymus (search)
n order to secure his alliance for the moment : and he assembled an army of fifteen thousand men, with which he was preparing to take the field, having previously dispatched Hippocrates and Epicydes to sound the disposition of the cities subject to Rome, when his schemes were suddenly brought to a close. A band of conspirators, at the head of whom was Deinomenes, fell upon him in the streets of Leontini, and dispatched him with numerous wounds. before his guards could come to his succour, B. C. 215. (Liv. 24.4-7; Plb. 7.2-6.) The short reign of Hieronymus, which had lasted only 13 months, had presented the most striking contrast to that of his grandfather. Brought up in the midst of all the enervating and corrupting influences of a court, his naturally bad disposition, at once weak and violent, felt them all in their full force; and he exhibited to the Greeks the first instance of a childish tyrant. From the moment of his accession he gave himself up to the influence of flatterers,
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Laevi'nus (search)
Laevi'nus 2. M. Valerius Laevinus, grandson probably of the preceding, was praetor peregrinus in B. C. 215. But at that crisis of the second Punic war--the year following the defeat at Cannae-all the civil magistrates were employed in military commands; and Laevinus, with the legions lately returned from Sicily, was stationed in Apulia, and a fleet of twenty-five gallies was attached to his land-forces, that he might watch the coast of Italy from Brundisium to Tarentum. While he lay encamped near Luceria, his outposts brought in the ambassadors of Philip IV. of Macedonia, whom they had intercepted on their way to Hannibal's quarters. Laevinus, however, deceived as to the purpose of their mission by Xenophanes, the chief of the legation, furnished them with guides and an escort to Rome. [XENOPHANES.] During the autumn of the same year he retook three towns of the Hirpinians, which, after the defeat at Cannae, had revolted to Hannibal. Having placed garrisons in Tarentum and Rhegium, L
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), La'goras (search)
La'goras （*Lago/ras), a Cretan soldier of fortune, who, when in the service of Ptolemy IV. (Philopator), was sent by Nicolaus, Ptolemy's general, to occupy the passes of Mount Libanus at Berytus, and to check there the advance of Antiochus the Great, who was marching upon Ptolemis, B. C. 219. He was, however, defeated and dislodged from his position by the Syrian king. In B. C. 215, in the war of Antiochus against Achaeus, we find Lagoras in the service of the former; and it was through his discovery of an unguarded part of the wall of Sardis, that Antiochus was enabled to take the city, Lagoras being himself one of the select party who forced their way into the town over the portion of the wall in question. (Pol. 5.61, 7.15-18.) [E.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
eet, which was cruising off the northern coast of Sicily and Italy, when he was summoned to join his colleague in Italy, in order to oppose Hannibal As it was now winter, Sempronius feared to sail through the Adriatic, and, accordingly, he crossed over the straits of Messana with his troops, and in forty years marched through the whole length of Italy to Ariminum. From this place he effected a junction with his colleague, who was posted on the hills on the left bank of the Trebia. As Sempronius was eager for an engagement, and Hannibal was no less anxious, a general battle soon ensued, in which the Romans were completely defeated, with heavy loss, and the two consuls took refuge within the walls of Placentia. (Liv. 21.6, 17, 51-56; Plb. 3.40, 41, 60-75; Appian, Annib. 6, 7.) Sempronius Longus afterwards commanded in Southern Italy, and defeated Hanno [HANNO, No. 15] near Grumentum in Lucania, B. C. 215. (Liv. 23.37.) He was decemvir sacris faciundis, and died B. C. 210. (Liv. 27.6.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mago (search)
ved of the alarming state of the Carthaginian affairs in Spain, which induced the government to 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 r
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Mago (search)
Mago 8. A Carthaginian of noble birth, and a near relation of Hannibal, taken prisoner in Sardinia B. C. 215. (Liv. 23.41.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Ma'rius A'lfius the medix tuticus, or supreme magistrate of the Campanians, was defeated and slain in battle by the Roman consul, Tib. Sempronius Gracchus, B. C. 215. (Liv. 23.35.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
lleague, the praetor urbanus, summoned the senate to the curia Hostilia to deliberate on what steps were to be taken. (Liv. 22.33, 35, 55, 23.20, 24.) At the expiration of his office, Matho received as propraetor the province of Cisalpine Gaul, B. C. 215; for Livy says (24.10), in the next year, B. C. 214, that the province of Gaul was continued to him. Livy, however, not only makes no mention of Matho's appointment in B. C. 215, but expressly states (23.25) that in that year no army was sent ir Livy says (24.10), in the next year, B. C. 214, that the province of Gaul was continued to him. Livy, however, not only makes no mention of Matho's appointment in B. C. 215, but expressly states (23.25) that in that year no army was sent into Gaul on account of the want of soldiers. We can only reconcile these statements by supposing that Matho was appointed to the province but did not obtain any troops that year. He died in B. C. 211, at which time he was one of the pontifices. (Liv. 26.23.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
h the senate adopted in that season of dismay were dictated by him. After the winter of B. C. 216-215, the wargrad? tlly asscmed a new character, and, though still eminent, Fabius was no longer its presiding spirit. He was elected pontifex in 216, was already a member of the augural college, which office he held sixty-two years (Liv. 30.26); dedicated by public commission the temple of Venus Erycina, and opposed filling up with Latins the vacancies which the war had made in the senate. In B. C. 215 he was consul for the third time, when he ravaged Campania and began the siege of Capua. On laying down the fasces he admonished the people and the senate to drop all party feelings, and to choose such men only for consuls as were competent to the times. His advice led to his own re-election, B. C. 214. In this year he made an inroad into Samnium and took Casilinum. In 213 Fabius served as legatus to his own son, Q. Fabius [No. 5], consul in that year, and an anecdote is preserved (Liv. 24
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