Quintus Arrius (Praetor)

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Quintus Arrius was a native of the 1st century BC. Living Roman military and politician from the gens Arria .

Quintus Arrius was 73 BC. Chr. Praetor and should for the following year as the successor of Verres the governorship of the province of Sicily take. Because of the Third Slave War , he initially had to assist the consuls Lucius Gellius Publicola and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus militarily against the leaders of the rebelling slaves, Spartacus and Crixus . In the position of proconsul he succeeded in defeating Crixus in a battle in which 20,000 insurgents are said to have died. Later, however, he suffered a defeat against Spartacus. According to a Scholiast who commented on the speaker Cicero , Arrius died on the way to Sicily before he found this province in 71 BC. Could take over. But the Scholiast was evidently not fully informed and the correctness of his assertion is doubtful. It can only be stated with certainty that Arrius did not rule Sicily.

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  1. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , In Verrem 2.37 and 4.42.
  2. ^ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita librorum periochae 96.
  3. ↑ Scholiasta Gronovianus to Cicero, Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 3, p. 382 ed. Orelli.
  4. ↑ Elimar Klebs : Arrius 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, column 1252.
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SURNAME Arrius, Quintus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman military and politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 1st century BC Chr.