Upon seeing the treason of Afranius, Caesar ordered his execution upon sight. Afranius took no active command at Dyrrachium or Pharsalus, though he was no doubt there. While in the north, he left Afranius in charge of Armenia. Mithradates Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Representación de un centurión romano en Boulogne, Francia. Niobe quickly gave Lucius to Vorena the Elder, and from there, she convinced Vorenus that Lucius was Vorena's son by Crito, a drover's boy. Wishing to have his loyal legate elected as consul, Pompey began bribing the electors lavishly. Many kings had offered truage to him. Agrippa reigned from 19 AD until 33 AD, when he died of Malaria, at the age of 50. Afranius held until Sertorius' attention was drawn away by Pompey's attack into Sertorius' own left. The approach of Caesarian re-enforcements commanded by Fabius ended the engagement. The armies returned to their respective camps. He appears, along with Titus Pullo, in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44. Afranius then fought under Scipio Metellus at the Battle of Thapsus. In the republican camp, Attius Rufus charged Afranius with betraying his army. Caesar's men attacked, but Afranius' tactics almost led to their defeat, with Afranius being pushed back only when Caesar personally led legio IX in an attack. Over the next few days the river flooded, destroying the bridges and leaving Caesar stranded without food on the opposite side of the river from Afranius, who had a large stockpile of food and supplies. Afranius ordered the fortification of the small hill which the battle had been fought over. From Utica to the Kalends of February, he was played by Marco Pollak. When Sertorius moved his forces to counter this, Afranius led an attack against the Sertorian right. Lucius was the son of Julia and Agrippa and the grandson of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Lucius was conceived sometime before the end of the Gallic Wars, when Niobe was still grieving over the false news that Vorenus had been killed in battle. His human sisters, Lucia, Appia, and Aula, were all sired by Ramanga Deamhan while he wasn’t. https://rome.fandom.com/wiki/Lucius_Afranius?oldid=3127. Despite the unprecedented size of Pompey's corps of legates--he received the right to appoint 24 of these senior adjutants--for his scourge of the pirates from the Mediterranean, Afranius did not number amongst them, as his patron chose to cultivate his links with the Roman aristocracy by appointing only men of distinguished family. Afranius, realising the situation, surrendered to Caesar. Afranius ordered Petreius, in command of two legions in Lusitania, to march for the Pyrenees to combine their forces. Lucius Julius Caesar II was the son of a Sextus Julius Caesar. Caesar himself arrived to take command of Fabius' force. Lucius Tiberius (sometimes Lucius Hiberius, or just simply Lucius) is a Western Roman procurator or emperor from Arthurian legend, who is killed in a war against King Arthur. Caesar constructed a bridge and began to harass Afranius' forces with his whole army. Caesar's forces stepped up the harassment of Afranius' troops, and soon food levels were low. In sole command (89 BC) In 89 BC, now a praetor, Sulla served under the consul Lucius Porcius Cato Licinianus. Fabius advanced to the river Segre, where Afranius' force, now joined with Petreius' legions, was encamped. According to Caesar's commentaries, these are his words: Caesar ought not to be displeased either with me or my soldiers, for wishing to preserve our attachment to our general, Gnaeus Pompey. Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus, 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman Emperor from 180 to 192. Thapsus Lucius Quinctius (or Quintius) Cincinnatus (Latin : [ˈluːkɪ.ʊs ˈkᶣiːŋktɪ.ʊs kɪŋkɪnˈnaːtʊs, - ˈkᶣiːntɪ.ʊs -]; c. 519 – c. 430 BC) was a Roman patrician, statesman, and military leader of the early Roman Republic who became a legendary figure of Roman virtue — particularly civic virtue —by the time of the late Republic. Biography. He left six cohorts to command the bridge and marched with the rest of his force for Ilerda. When two of Fabius' legions marched out to protect foragers and crossed the Segre, the bridge gave way, cutting off the small force. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC), also known as Tarquin the Proud, was the Etruscan king of Rome from 535 to 509 BC, succeeding Servius Tullus.He was overthrown by the people of Rome in 509 BC following his son Sextus Tarquinius' rape of the noblewoman Lucretia, and he failed in his attempts to restore the monarchy.. She engaged in sex with her brother-in-law, Lyde 's husband Evander. During this year, his actions showed a lack of understanding and ability in the management of the civil matters demanded by the office. https://hbo-rome.fandom.com/wiki/Lucius?oldid=6265. When Pompey was granted Hispania (Iberia, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) as a proconsular province, Afranius, together with Marcus Petreius and Marcus Terentius Varro, governed in his stead, Pompey remaining in Rome to manage affairs there. Lucius Cornelius Scipio was born and Embraced in ancient Rome, but was raised by his sire with stories of Carthage that brought him over to the cause of the Prometheans and the Road of Humanity.He used to reside in Ravenna before fleeing during upheavals together with his lover Penelope, a Cappadocian. Lucius Cornelius Scipio was a Brujah Promethean active during the Dark Ages.. Afranius marched against the Parthians and not only drove them out of Armenia, but pursued them as far as the district of Arbela, inside the borders of Parthia. He overthrew the Etruscan monarchy and fought to defend the republic, dying in battle at the Battle of Silva Arsia that same year.. Aurelian is featured in the Empire Divided campaign. Caesar attempted to build a wall separating Afranius' camp from the town of Ilerda. They had two sons, the consul of 90 BC and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, and one daughter, Julia Caesaris, who became the first wife of the dictator Sulla. Meanwhile, Pompey had fled after being bested by Sertorius, and the scattered forces of Afranius were attacked by the victorious Sertorians. For his grandfather and namesake, see Lucius Licinius Lucullus.. Lucius Licinius Lucullus (/ l uː ˈ k ʌ l ə s /; 118 – 57/56 BC) was an optimate politician of the late Roman Republic, closely connected with Sulla Felix. Cato got himself killed early on while storming a rebel camp. Afranius followed. He was a Romanand Gladiator from the Ludus of Lentulus Batiatus, along with Spartacus, Crixus and hundreds of other Gladiators. Lucius Linianus was a Romanlegionary under the command of Gellius Publicoladuring the Third Servile War. Sertorius attacked Pompey's left wing, which was under Afranius' command. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (c. 138 BC – 78 BC), known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. Lucius Afranius, died 46 BC in Africa province, was a loyal legatus and client of Pompey the Great. Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house. Afranius, with his three legions, was in possession of the passes. It was only the timely arrival of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius which turned the tide in Pompey's favour. Afranius marched out to engage this smaller force, but Lucius Plancus, the Caesarian commander, formed up his legions on a rise with a good defence. He was father to Scipio Aemilianus Africanus On his return to Rome, Lucius was awarded with a triumph. The battle ended with roughly equal casualties, with both Afranius and Caesar counting the battle as a victory. He simply goes along with the scheming of his sisters to escape Vorenus, given their savage hatred of him resulting from the death of their mother, Niobe. Lucius Narto , or simply Narto, is a recurring character in the second, third, fourth and fifth seasons of Spartacus. Return to Rome and consulship In 71 BC, Linianus was crucified in Bruttium, on the orders of the rebel leader Spartacus, in front of Marcus Licinius Crassusand his legions. After the republican defeat at Pharsalus, Afranius, like most Republicans, fled to Africa province. The rare times he shows much emotion usually occur when he is irritable or angry. Lucius (Greek: Λούκιος Loukios; Etruscan: Luvcie) is a male given name derived from Lucius (abbreviated L.), one of the small group of common Latin forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome.Lucius derives from Latin word Lux (gen. lucis), meaning "light" (