Afranius

Family: Pompeian · Role: commander · First appears: Julius Caesar 75

Life events

Afranius and Petreius massacred Caesar’s soldiers after abruptly abandoning surrender negotiations.(Julius Caesar 75 · 📍 Ileria)
- With: Petreius Julius Caesar
- “Afranius and Petreius, upon a sudden change of resolution, had put to the sword all Caesar’s men who were found in the camp”
Afranius and Faustus were put to death after fighting Julius Caesar again, apparently without his consent.(Julius Caesar 75)
- With: Faustus Julius Caesar
- “None of them, so far as appears, lost their lives but in battle, excepting only Afranius, Faustus, and young Lucius Caesar; and it is thought that even they were put to death without his consent. Afranius and Faustus had borne arms against him, after obtaining their pardon;”

enemies with Julius Caesar “Afranius and Petreius, upon a sudden change of resolution, had put to the sword all Caesar’s men who were found in the camp, he scorned to imitate the base treachery which they had practised against himself.”

admired: Publius Terentius Afer (Afranius praises Terence as the foremost comic writer) “Afranius places him at the head of all the comic writers, declaring, in his Compitalia, Terentio non similem dices quempiam.”

Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.