Lucius Tiberius

Also known as: Lucius · Family: Romans · Role: procurator of the commonwealth · First appears: Book IX 14–16

In Book IX 14–16, at Rome, Lucius Tiberius demanded that Arthur appear, pay tribute, and submit to judgment or military action, declaring, “I command you to appear at Rome before the middle of August the next year, there to make satisfaction to your masters, and undergo such sentence as they shall in justice pass upon you.” Arthur rejected Rome’s claim and demanded tribute from the Romans instead, leaving the dispute to be settled by war. In response, by order of the senate, Lucius published a decree summoning Epistrophius, Mustensar, Alifantinam, Hirtacius, Boccus, Sertorius, Teucer, king of Phrygia, Serses, Pandrasus, Micipsa, Polytetes, Teucer, duke of Phrygia, Evander, AEthion, and Hippolytus to assist in conquering Britain.

In Book X 4, Caius Quintilianus is identified as Lucius’s nephew. In Book X 5–7, Lucius entered Lengriae with his army to avoid a general battle. During the later fighting, he faced Walgan, who forced his way through the enemy troops to reach him; Lucius, described as being in the flower of his youth and possessing great courage and vigour, wanted the encounter. The Romans recovered and repulsed Hoel and Walgan, but Morvid’s attack on their rear broke and dispersed them. Lucius was killed amid the crowds by a lance from an unknown hand, while Richomarcus, Bloccovius, and Jagivius, attacking with Hoel and Walgan, were surrounded by Lucius’s party and suffered the same fate as the consul and the other men.