Androsthenes

Family: Thessalian · Role: praetor of Thessaly · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 80–85

Life events

Androsthenes shut Gomphi's gates and summoned Pompey and Scipio for aid.(The Civil War, Book III, 80–85 · 📍 Gomphi)
- With: Pompey Scipio
- “Androsthenes, the praetor of Thessaly, as he preferred to be the companion of Pompey's victory, rather than Caesar's associate in his misfortunes, collected all the people, both slaves and freemen, from the country into the town and shut the gates, and despatched messengers to Scipio and Pompey”

enemies with Caesar (Caesar attacked the town defended by Androsthenes.) “Accordingly, taking advantage of the unusual ardour of the soldiers, he began his assault on the town at a little after three o'clock on the very day on which he arrived, and took it, though defended with very high walls, before sunset, and gave it up to his army to plunder”
subordinate: Scipio “and despatched messengers to Scipio and Pompey ‘to come to his relief, that he could depend on the strength of the town, if succour was speedily sent; but that it could not withstand a long siege.’”
subordinate: Pompey “and despatched messengers to Scipio and Pompey ‘to come to his relief, that he could depend on the strength of the town, if succour was speedily sent; but that it could not withstand a long siege.’”

Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.