Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VELA2414 Q. Velanius (RE 8A.2398-9)

Status

  • Eques R Expand

    Nicolet Ref 376. Caes. B Gall. 3.10. eques Romanus

Career

  • Officer (Title Not Preserved) 56 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Prefects or Tribunes of the Soldiers of equestrian rank, sent by Crassus (see Lieutenants) to collect grain from the Veneti, Esubii, and Curiosolites, but were arrested and held by them (Caes. BG 3.7.2-4, 8.2-4, 9.3, 10.2, and 16.4; Dio 39.40. 1; Oros. 6.8.6-7). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Certainly an envoy, probably a Tr. mil. under Caesar in 56 (BG 3.7). See Syme, Historia 5, 1956, 209f.?RP 1.321; Suolahti, Junior Officers 314. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 56 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Prefects or Tribunes of the Soldiers of equestrian rank, sent by Crassus (see Lieutenants) to collect grain from the Veneti, Esubii, and Curiosolites, but were arrested and held by them (Caes. BG 3.7.2-4, 8.2-4, 9.3, 10.2, and 16.4; Dio 39.40. 1; Oros. 6.8.6-7). (Broughton MRR II)

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