Bulla (Felix)
Bulla , probably also called Felix in allusion to Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , was a leader of insurgents or robbers at the beginning of the third century (probably 205 to 207 AD) under Septimius Severus , who marched through Italy with 600 people . They attacked travelers and took some of their property, only to be released afterwards. Craftsmen were often detained longer to do work for Bulla. Freedmen are said to have been among his followers. In Cassius Dio , who narrates the events, there are also two quotations from Bulla. To a centurion reported to have said, "Give your slave food, and they are not robbers." The prefect Papinian he responded to the question: "Why you were robbers" "Why were you prefect" Bulla was finally captured and thrown to the animals .
source
- Cassius Dio 77, 10 ( English translation , further English translation )
literature
- Geoffrey de Ste Croix : The Class Struggle in the Ancient Greek World from the Archaic Age to the Arab Conquests . Duckworth, London 1982, ISBN 071561701X , p. 477
- Thomas Grünewald : Bandits in the Roman Empire: Myth and Reality. Routledge, London 2004, ISBN 0-415-32744-X , pp. 110-123 .
- Jens-Uwe Krause : Bulla Felix. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 841.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bulla |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Leader of insurgents and robbers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century |
| Place of death | Italy |