Julius Flavianus

Family: Flavian · Role: commander of a cavalry regiment · First appears: Histories III.78-82

Life events

• Julius Flavianus was taken prisoner during the cavalry engagement.(Histories III.78-82)
  • “Julius Flavianus, who commanded a regiment of cavalry, was taken prisoner.”

Histories III.78-82

• enemies with Vitellius “Petilius Cerialis, too, had been defeated in a cavalry engagement. He had pushed on without caution, thinking the enemy already beaten, and the Vitellians with a mixed force of horse and foot had caught him unawares. The engagement had taken place near the city among farm buildings and gardens and winding lanes, with which the Vitellians were familiar, while the Flavians were terrified by their ignorance. Besides, the troopers were not all of one mind; some of them belonged to the force which had recently surrendered at Narnia, and were waiting to see which side won. Julius Flavianus, who commanded a regiment of cavalry, was taken prisoner.”

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