Cinna
Cornelius Cinna, Lucius
John Quincy Adams
Iulius (RE 526) Verus Maximinus, Gaius (ad 235–8) Reference library
John Frederick Drinkwater
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...stock, exploited the opportunities of the Severan army to gain numerous senior appointments. He became emperor by chance at Mainz ( Mogontiacum , March 235 ), in the mutiny against M. Aurelius Severus Alexander . An equestrian outside the ruling clique, he was unsure of his position. He attempted to conciliate the senate from afar, remaining on the frontier with his troops and attempting to act the successful warrior-emperor: he campaigned vigorously over the Rhine and Danube. However, his overtures were unwelcome, his absence from Rome politically unwise,...
Cornēlius Cinna, Lūcius Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
...Carbo, owing to the emergency caused by the Mithradatic War and the threatening behaviour of Sulla, with whom he continued to negotiate. Embarking on a campaign in Liburnia early in 84 , probably to train an army for a possible conflict with Sulla's veterans, he was killed in a mutiny. Sulla now rebelled and the government disintegrated. Our uniformly hostile accounts of him derive from supporters of...
Cornelius (RE 106) Cinna (1), Lucius Reference library
Ernst Badian
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...Carbo , owing to the emergency caused by the Mithradatic War and the threatening behaviour of Sulla, with whom he continued to negotiate. Embarking on a campaign in Liburnia early in 84 , probably to train an army for a possible conflict with Sulla's veterans, he was killed in a mutiny. Sulla now rebelled and the government disintegrated. Our uniformly hostile accounts of him derive from Sullani or men who deserted him to join the victorious Sulla. H. Bennett , Cinna and his Times (1923); E. Badian , Stud. Gr. Rom. Hist. 206 ff.; C. M. Bulst , Hist. ...
Cinna Quick reference
Ernst Badian
Who's Who in the Classical World
...owing to the emergency caused by the Mithradatic War and the threatening behaviour of Sulla, with whom he continued to negotiate. Embarking on a campaign in Liburnia early in 84 , probably to train an army for a possible conflict with Sulla's veterans, he was killed in a mutiny. Sulla now rebelled and the government disintegrated. Our uniformly hostile accounts of him derive from Sullani or men who deserted him to join the victorious Sulla. Ernst...
Soldiers, Roman Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...and during the winter, when soldiers often lived in stationary camps. Such training was supplemented by knowledge transmitted by veterans and superiors to less experienced soldiers. Punishment could be extremely harsh. Nevertheless, it was not uncommon for soldiers to desert or mutiny. A fundamental but still unresolved question is how changes in military service affected the Roman population. Traditional interpretations see greater demands on manpower from the Second Punic War onward as significantly weakening the smallholding farming population that made up...
Tiberius (42 bce–37ce) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...was quietly executed, Tiberius’ primacy was confirmed by oath, and Augustus’ deification raised Tiberius’ status to divi filius . The succession reflected public confidence that the principate alone guaranteed stability from civil war (Velleius 2.124), yet it also occasioned mutinies in the crucial Rhine and Danube legions (over low pay and lengthy enlistments), which Drusus and Germanicus, as imperial legates, checked primarily through appeasement. The year 16 was marred by the first of many treason trials: a nobilis carelessly disclosed a prophecy...
Military Structure and Organization, Roman Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...and disloyal to their state. These generals, especially Caesar, often appear to act as politicians working a crowd, and there is no reason to think that this picture is of a uniquely Caesarian understanding of his position—the army of Afranius and Petreius, for instance, was just about ready to vote with its feet and join Caesar when Petreius intervened to stop them during the Spanish campaign of 49 (Caesar Bellum civile 1.74). When Caesar's troops (or those of Augustus) mutinied, Caesar was notable for the speed with which he convinced his men to return to...
Alexander the Great (356–323bce) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...and won his last major battle, this one against Rajah Porus and a daunting force of Indian war-elephants. Magnanimous in victory, Alexander pardoned Porus and drove east again until his exasperated Greeks and Macedonians finally balked at the Hyphasis River. To avoid outright mutiny, the king agreed to turn back toward Greece, now more than three thousand miles (4,800 kilometers) away. Death and Legacy. Alexander chose the long way home. Building a fleet, he fought his way down the Indus River in another furious campaign. In 325 , he suffered the worst of...
Julius Caesar (100–44bce) Reference library
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
...a network of dependents throughout Italy, and assembled what is arguably the best army in Roman history. There seems little question that Caesar's men were devoted to their general and were willing to undertake labors on his behalf that might have caused others to mutiny—the only two mutinies that Caesar faced were after he invaded Italy, and both proved remarkably easy to quell. We will never know what end he envisaged from all this, but it may well be that he never looked beyond the issue that ultimately sparked the civil war in 49 —that he should be...
Iulius (RE 131) Caesar, C. (2) Reference library
Ernst Badian
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...and who after his departure bore a son whom she named Ptolemy (1) Caesar . Then, moving rapidly through Syria and Asia Minor, he reorganized the eastern provinces, easily defeated Pharnaces II at Zela, and in September 47 returned to Italy. There he had to settle an army mutiny and serious social unrest, fanned during his absence by M. Caelius Rufus and T. Annius Milo and after their death by P. Cornelius Dolabella (1) . Meanwhile the republican forces had had time to entrench themselves in Africa, where Metellus Scipio assumed command, aided by...
Caesar, Julius Reference library
Ernst Badian
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)
...on the throne and who after his departure bore a son whom she named Ptolemy Caesar. Then, moving rapidly through Syria and Asia Minor, he reorganized the eastern provinces, easily defeated Pharnaces II at Zela, and in September 47 returned to Italy. There he had to settle an army mutiny and serious social unrest, fanned during his absence by Marcus Caelius Rufus and Titus Annius Milo and after their death by Publius Cornelius Dolabella . Meanwhile the republican forces had had time to entrench themselves in Africa, where Metellus Scipio assumed command, aided...
Soldier’s Law Reference library
Tom van Bochove
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
... c . 650 ; Schminck: later 9th cent.), and occurs—in different recensions—in many manuscripts. The regulations in the Soldier’s Law are mainly penal and disciplinary in character, with heavy penalties for crimes in wartime. Tom van Bochove ed. W. Ashburner , ‘The Byzantine Mutiny Act’, JHS 46 (1926), 80–109. A new edition is being prepared by L. Burgmann. ODB s.v. Nomos Stratiotikos ( L. Burgmann , E. MacGeer ). L. Burgman , ‘Die Nomoi Stratiotikos, Georgikos und Nautikos’, ZRVI 46 (2009), 43–64. A. Schminck , ‘Probleme des sog. “ Νόμος Ῥοδίων...
Alexander Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)
...wives. He himself married Stateira, daughter of Darius. Undoubtedly anger and jealousy were felt by some at the equality of status the Orientals now seemed to enjoy, particularly when large numbers of Persians were enrolled into the army, and these feelings found expression in a mutiny at Opis in 324 when Alexander tried to send some veterans home to Macedonia. He executed the ringleaders and retired in anger to his tent, thus frightening his troops into a change of heart. In the autumn his intimate friend Hephaestion died, and Alexander gave himself up to...
