Orestorius

Family: barbarians · Role: commander · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 22

Life events

Brennus selected 40,000 infantry and 800 cavalry and placed them under Orestorius and Combutis.(Book 10 · Chapter 22)
- With: Brennus Combutis
- “He selected therefore out of his whole army 40,000 foot and about 800 horse, all picked men, and put them under the command of Orestorius and Combutis.”
The Galati under Orestorius and Combutis massacred Callion’s inhabitants and committed atrocities.(Book 10 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Callion)
- With: Combutis
- “And their actions at Callion were the most atrocious of any that we have ever heard of, and quite unlike human beings.”
The barbarians plundered and burned Callion before returning to Thermopylæ.(Book 10 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Callion)
- With: Combutis
- “And the barbarians, having plundered the houses and temples and set fire to Callion, marched back to the main army at Thermopylæ”
Fewer than half of the 40,800 barbarians survived to return to their camp.(Book 10 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Thermopylæ)
- With: Combutis
- “for of the 40,800 barbarians not more than half got back safe to the camp at Thermopylæ.”

with Brennus (Brennus placed Orestorius under his command.) “He selected therefore out of his whole army 40,000 foot and about 800 horse, all picked men, and put them under the command of Orestorius and Combutis.”
with Combutis (They jointly commanded the selected Galatian force.) “He selected therefore out of his whole army 40,000 foot and about 800 horse, all picked men, and put them under the command of Orestorius and Combutis.”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.