Lucius Aelius Lamia (Legate)
Lucius Aelius Lamia (* 1st century BC ) was a Roman general and legatus pro praetore of Augustus in the Cantabrian War .
After Augustus left Spain, the Cantabrians and Asturians rose again. A treacherous offer of grain gave Lamia the reason to act ruthlessly against the insurgents by burning down their fields, razing fortified squares and chopping off the hands of the rioters. The uprising and the suppression are likely between 22 and 24 BC. Chr. Took place.
In addition, the Kariet and Vennese call him patronus .
The name is clearly only known from an inscription. Cassiodorus calls him Lucius Lamia and Cassius Dio mistakenly improves him to Lucius Aemlius.
Remarks
- ↑ a b Francisco Diego Santos: The integration of north and north-west Spain as a Roman province in the imperial policy of Augustus. In: Rise and Fall of the Roman World Vol. 2.3. De Gruyter, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-11-005838-3 , pp. 537 and 542.
- ↑ a b Cass. Dio 53, 29, 1f.
- ↑ a b AE 1948, 93 Roma ( inscription ).
- ↑ Cassiod. Chron. 730: [...] Astures et Cantabri per Lucium Lamiam perdomiti.
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| SURNAME | Lamia, Lucius Aelius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aemilius, Lucius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 22 BC Chr. |