person
Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus
Damasippus
also: Damasippus
Marian praetor who massacred opponents in 82 BC and was himself killed on Sulla's orders; Caesar cites his death as the prelude to the proscriptions.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §51 Damasippus
Marian praetor killed on Sulla's orders in 82 BC; Caesar makes his applauded death the opening of the proscriptions.
- The Histories §Phil.2 Damasippus
Lucius Junius Brutus Damasippus, Marian praetor who massacred opponents in 82 BC.