person
Quintus Servilius Caepio
Caepio
also: Q. Caepio
Roman commander who, with Gnaeus Mallius, was disastrously beaten by the northern invaders (Arausio, 105 BC), the defeat that made all Italy tremble as the Jugurthine War closed.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §114 Quintus Caepio
Roman commander whose quarrel with his colleague helped bring on the catastrophe at Arausio (105 BC) against the northern invaders.