Gaius Flavius Fimbria
Gaius Flavius Fimbria († 85 BC ) was a Roman general who fought unsuccessfully in the 1st Mithridatic War against Sulla .
Gaius Flavius Fimbria was the son of the consul of the same name in 104 BC. And followers of Marius and Cinna in the civil war . On their behalf, he negotiated a truce with the Samnites . When Rome was captured by the Populares , he had several members of the Optimates murdered and attempted an assassination attempt on Quintus Mucius Scaevola . In 86 Fimbria accompanied the consul Lucius Valerius Flaccus with two legions to Greece as a legate to take over the army of Sulla, who was ostracized in Rome, or - here research is still divided - at least to negotiate with him, and then to negotiate with him again on his return Prevent civil war. The latter explanation is more likely because the troops of Flaccus were substantially outnumbered by those of Sulla; so they would hardly have been successful in an attack. Due to Fimbria's intrigues, tensions arose in the army, during which Flaccus was slain after a mutiny in the army and Fimbria himself took command. Fimbria advanced further into Asia Minor, subjugated individual associations of Mithridates of Pontus and sacked Ilion . He even succeeded in locking Mithridates himself with Pitane , but Lucullus , Sulla's fleet commander, let him escape by sea. He made a decisive contribution in the fight against Mithridates and thus contributed to his submission. After Sulla made the peace of Dardanos with Mithridates , he attacked Fimbria, whose army defected to Sulla at Thyateira . Fimbria committed suicide in the Asclepion of Pergamon . His troops had to continue to serve under Lucullus and could only return to Italy in 67.
literature
- The new Pauly , Vol. 4, Col. 545.
- Karl Christ : Sulla. A Roman career . Beck, Munich 2002, pp. 90-93, ISBN 3-406-49285-1 .
- Arthur Keaveney: Sulla. The Last Republican . Croom Helm, London 1982, ISBN 0-7099-1507-1 , (Also: 2nd edition. Routledge, London et al. 2005, ISBN 978-0-415-33660-4 ), (Partly at the same time: Hull, Univ., Diss ., 1978).
Remarks
- ↑ Granius Licinianus 29B.
- ↑ Livy : Periochae 80.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus : 9,11,2.
- ^ Bernhard Linke: The Roman Republic from the Gracchen to Sulla. 2nd, reviewed and bibliographically updated edition. Darmstadt 2012, p. 122.
- ↑ Appian : Mithridateios 203-249.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flavius Fimbria, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fimbria, Gaius Flavius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 85 BC Chr. |