Alpinius Montanus

Family: Roman auxiliary forces · Role: commander of an auxiliary cohort · First appears: Histories III.34-38

Life events

• Alpinius Montanus was dispatched to Germany to announce Vespasian's victory.(Histories III.34-38 · 📍 Germany)
  • “to Germany Alpinius Montanus, who had commanded an auxiliary cohort.”
• Alpinius Montanus arrived and confessed that his auxiliary cohort had been defeated.(Histories IV.28-32)
  • “Alpinius Montanus, who commanded one of the defeated auxiliary cohorts, came in person to confess that his party had been beaten.”
• Alpinius Montanus was sent to order Civilis to cease hostilities against Rome.(Histories IV.28-32)
  • With: Civilis
  • “Montanus was sent to carry instructions to Civilis that he was to cease from hostilities and not to make war on Rome under a false pretext;”
• Civilis inflamed Montanus with grievances and dismissed him with a milder answer.(Histories IV.28-32)
  • With: Civilis
  • “Having thus inflamed Montanus he told him to take back a milder answer and dismissed him.”
• Montanus concealed the rest of his interview with Civilis, but the deception soon became known.(Histories IV.28-32)
  • With: Civilis
  • “On his return Montanus pretended that his errand had been fruitless, and said nothing about the rest of the interview: but it soon came to light.”
• Alpinius Montanus, previously sent into Gaul by Antonius Primus, joined the Rhine crossing and reinforcement efforts.(Histories V.16-19 · 📍 Gaul)
  • With: Antonius Primus
  • “among whom was Alpinius Montanus, who, as we have already seen, had been sent by Antonius Primus into Gaul.”

Histories III.34-38

• employer: Vitellius “Montanus was a Treviran and Calenus an Aeduan; both had fought for Vitellius and thus served to advertise Vespasian's victory.”

Histories IV.28-32

• with Civilis (Civilis receives Montanus as an envoy and attempts to persuade him.) “Montanus was sent to carry instructions to Civilis that he was to cease from hostilities and not to make war on Rome under a false pretext; if it was to help Vespasian that he had taken arms, he had now achieved his object. Civilis at first replied in guarded terms. Then, as he saw that Montanus was an impetuous person who would welcome a revolution, he began to complain of all the dangers he had endured in the service of Rome for the last twenty-five years.”

Histories V.16-19

• employer: Antonius Primus “Tutor and Classicus also crossed the Rhine, together with a hundred and thirteen town-councillors from Trier, among whom was Alpinius Montanus, who, as we have already seen, had been sent by Antonius Primus into Gaul.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.