Pontius Telesinus
Pontius Telesinus († November 1, 82 BC ) was a general of the ancient Italian people of the Samnites .
Life
Pontius came from the Samnian town of Telesia , as his nickname shows. 90 BC During the alliance war he was one of the most important leaders of the Italians in their uprising against Rome.
In the civil war after Lucius Cornelius Sulla's return from the East in 83 BC. BC Pontius once again organized Samnite troops, which intervened in the fighting on the side of the Populares . With the Lukan general Lucius Lamponius he tried in vain to relieve the younger Marius , who was besieged in Praeneste , and then hurried to Rome , which he hoped to reach and take before Sulla. But he lost on November 1st, 82 BC. The battle at the Porta Collina . Dying, Pontius fell into the hands of the Romans, who showed his severed head to the besieged in Praeneste. Pontius Telesinus was considered one of the bitterest opponents of Rome among the Italians.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Pontius [I 4]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 10, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01480-0 , Sp.?.
- Hans Georg Gundel : Pontius I 6). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 1048 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Velleius Paterculus 2, 16, 1 .
- ^ Velleius Paterculus 2, 27 . See Plutarch , Sulla 29 ( English translation ); Appian , Civil Wars 1, 93 ( English translation ).
- ^ Velleius Paterculus 2, 27.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pontius Telesinus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Telesinus, pontius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General of the Samnites |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 82 BC Chr. |