Titus Labienus

Titus Labienus (c. 100 BC - March 17, 45 BC) was the most important member of a Roman family said (without authority) to belong to the gens Atia. He is remembered as one of Caesar's lieutenants, mentioned frequently in the accounts of his military campaigns.

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100 BC - March 17 - 45 BC - Roman - Atia

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His early service was ca. 78-74 in Cilicia under Servilius.

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78 - 74 - Cilicia - Servilius

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In 63 BC, at Caesar's instigation, Labienus prosecuted Gaius Rabirius for treason; in the same year, as tribune of the plebs, he carried a plebiscite which indirectly secured for Caesar the dignity of pontifex maximus (Dio Cassius xxxvii. 37). He served as a legatus throughout Caesar's Gallic campaigns and took Caesar's place whenever he went to Rome.

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63 BC - Caesar - Gaius Rabirius - Treason - Tribune - Plebs - Plebiscite - Pontifex maximus - Dio Cassius - Legatus - Rome

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His chief exploits in Gaul were the defeat of the Treviri under Indutiomarus in 54, his expedition against Lutetia (Paris) in 52, and his victory over Camulogenus and the Aedui in the same year. He was Ceasar´s friend and chief deputy in the Gallic War and a skillfull cavalry commander. On the outbreak of the civil war (49), however, he was one of the first to desert Caesar, apparently resentful at lack of recognition.

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Gaul - Treviri - Indutiomarus - 54 - Lutetia - Camulogenus - Aedui - Gallic War - 49

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He was rapturously welcomed on the Pompeian side, bringing 3700 Gallic and German cavalry with him. But his ill fortune under Pompey was as marked as his success had been under Caesar. From the defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus, to which he had contributed by affecting to despise his late comrades, he fled to Corcyra, and thence to Africa. There he was able by mere force of numbers to inflict a slight check upon Caesar at the Battle of Ruspina in 46. After the defeat at the Battle of Thapsus he joined the younger Pompey in Hispania, and was killed at Munda.

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Pompeian - Battle of Pharsalus - Corcyra - Africa - Battle of Ruspina - 46 - Battle of Thapsus - Younger Pompey - Hispania - Munda

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His son was Quintus Labienus.

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