Decius Vibellius
Decius Vibellius was a Campanian knight from the Vibellian family who was believed to have been settled in Capua .
He was entrusted with the high command of the Campanian Legion , which was founded by the consul Publius Valerius Laevinus around 282 BC. Because of the Pyrrhos war was placed as a Roman protective power in the city of Rhegion . After some time he abused his position here by ruling the city around 280 BC. Took possession of it arbitrarily.
He was after the capture of the city, probably by the consul Gaius Genucius Clepsina in 270 BC. BC, together with the rest of the Legio Campana to Rome , where he evaded his public execution in the forum by suicide .
Remarks
- ^ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 24, 8 .
- ↑ Polybios , Historien , 1, 7, 1–13 .
- ↑ Appian , Samnitica 9.
swell
- Polybios , Histories 1, 7.
- Diodor , Bibliothéke historiké 22, 1, 2–3.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Antiquitates Romanae 20, 4–5.
- Appian , Samnitica 9.
- Cassius Dio , Roman History , Fragment 40, 7-12.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Vibellius 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII A, 2, Stuttgart 1958.
- Hans Georg Gundel: Vibellius 1. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Sp. 1246.
- Bruno Bleckmann : Rome and the Campanians of Rhegion. In: Chiron 29, 1999.
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| SURNAME | Vibellius, Decius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Campanian knight |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 270 BC Chr. |