Taxilus

Family: Mithridates' forces · Role: general · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 20

Taxilus served as a general under Mithridates and invested Elatea in Book 1, Chapter 20. At Chæronea, Sulla and the Romans defeated him and Mithridates’s army, erecting two trophies for their victory.

Some time after, the people of Elatea resisted Taxilus and the Pontic forces; the Romans granted them freedom for their service. The Elateans also held out against him in the name of Athene, whom they said had fought for them.

Relationship record

Life events

• The walls at Athens were captured, and Taxilus was defeated at Chæronea.(Book 1 · Chapter 20 · 📍 Athens)
  • With: Sulla
  • “the third day after news came to both the Roman camps, to Sulla that the walls at Athens had been carried, and to the force besieging Athens that Taxilus had been defeated at Chæronea.”
• Sulla and the Romans defeated Taxilus and Mithridates's army and erected two trophies.(Book 9 · Chapter 40 · 📍 Chæronea)
  • With: Sulla Mithridates
  • “There are two trophies erected at Chæronea by Sulla and the Romans, for the victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.”
• The Elateans resisted Taxilus and received freedom from the Romans.(Book 10 · Chapter 34 · 📍 Elatea)
  • “And some time after they held out against Taxilus, the general of Mithridates, and the barbarians from Pontus, and it was for that good service that the Romans granted them their freedom.”

Book 1 · Chapter 20

• employer: Mithridates (Taxilus was another general serving Mithridates.) “Taxilus another general of Mithridates happened to be investing Elatea in the Phocian district”

Book 9 · Chapter 40

• enemies with Sulla “There are two trophies erected at Chæronea by Sulla and the Romans, for the victories over Taxilus and the army of Mithridates.”

Book 10 · Chapter 34

• employer: Mithridates (Mithridates is identified as Taxilus's superior.) “Taxilus the general of Mithridates”
• enemies with Athene (Athene is said to have fought against the forces under Taxilus.) “ancient statue of Athene in bronze: the goddess they say fought for them against the barbarians under Taxilus”
• with Mithridates (Taxilus is identified as Mithridates' general.) “They also contrived to hold out against Taxilus the general of Mithridates, for which good service the Romans gave them freedom and immunity from taxation.”

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