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Minucius openly claimed that Fabius was cowardly because he failed to confront the Carthaginian forces.
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Minucius and Fabius
The strategy was in part ruined because of a lack of unity in the command of the Roman army, since Fabius ' Master of the Horse, Minucius, was a political enemy of Fabius.
At one point, Fabius was called by the priests to assist with certain sacrifices, and as such, Fabius left the command of the army in the hands of Minucius during his absence.
Fabius had told Minucius not to attack Hannibal in his absence, but Minucius disobeyed Fabius and attacked anyway.
Upon hearing of this, Fabius became enraged, and as Dictator, he could have ordered Minucius ' execution for his disobedience.
Plutarch states that Metilius " boldly applied himself to the people in the behalf of Minucius ", and had Minucius granted powers equivalent to those of Fabius.
Fabius did not attempt to fight the promotion of the overly-ambitious Minucius, but rather decided to wait until Minucius ' rashness caused him to run headlong into some disaster.
Fabius, we are told, reminded Minucius that it was Hannibal, and not he, who was the enemy.
Fabius rejected this, and instead let Minucius command half of the army, while he commanded the other half.
Upon seeing the ambush of Minucius ' army, Fabius cried " O Hercules!
" Upon ordering his army to join the battle and rescue their fellow Romans, Fabius exclaimed " We must make haste to rescue Minucius, who is a valiant man, and a lover of his country.
After the battle there was some feeling that there would be conflict between Minucius and Fabius ; however, the younger soldier marched his men to Fabius ' encampment and he is reported to have said, " My father gave me life.
" It was only after Fabius had saved him from an attack by Hannibal that Minucius placed himself under Fabius ' command.
This " victory " causes the Romans, disgruntled with Fabius, to elevate Minucius to the equal rank of dictator with Fabius.
* Minucius takes command of half the army and camps separately from Fabius near Geronium.
Minucius and was
One of the Plebeian Tribunes ( chief representatives of the people ) for the year, Metilius, was a partisan of Minucius, and as such he sought to use his power to help Minucius.
The Plebeian Tribunes were the only magistrates independent of the Dictator, and so with his protection, Minucius was relatively safe.
He realized what would happen when Minucius was defeated in battle by Hannibal.
The Acta notes that the martyrdom occurred in the year when Minucius Timinianus was proconsul in the Roman province of Africa, but as Timinianus is not otherwise attested in history, this information does not clarify the date.
It was first printed at Strassburg in 1562, and has been reprinted several times, both separately and along with the writings of Minucius Felix, Cyprian or Arnobius.
The consul Minucius Esquilinus had led an army against them, but had been trapped by the Aequians in the Alban Hills and was attempting to fight off a siege.
Marcus Minucius Felix was one of the earliest of the Latin apologists for Christianity.
In 221 Flaminius was magister equitum to Marcus Minucius Rufus, then in 220 chosen as censor along with Lucius Aemilius Papus.
He was praetor in 58, but no further official capacity is recorded for him until he serves as a legate 52 – 51 BC in Asia under Quintus Minucius Thermus.
The spoils of the sacking of the Aequi camp was distributed among Cincinnatus ' men, while the Romans who had fought under Minucius were criticised and Minucius himself deposed.
Lucius Minucius Esquilinus Augurinus, son of Publius, was consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Nautius Rutilus in 458 BC.
Minucius was ordered to bring his army against the Aequi camped near Tusculum.
Minucius and .
As Dictator, he did not get to appoint his own Master of the Horse ; instead, the Romans chose a political enemy, Marcus Minucius.
The attack, though of no strategic value, resulted in the retreat of several enemy units, and so the Roman people, desperate for good news, believed Minucius to be a hero.
By this, Plutarch probably means that as Plebeian Tribune, Metilius had the Plebeian Council, a popular assembly which only Tribunes could preside over, grant Minucius quasi-dictatorial powers.
Minucius proposed that they share the joint control of the army, with command rotating between the two every other day.
In the valley between Larino and Gerione, Minucius decided to make a broad frontal attack on Hannibal's troops.
Unlike the losses that had been suffered by Minucius, a major loss by Varro had the potential to kill so many soldiers that Rome might have had no further resources with which to continue the war.
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