Otacilius Crassus

First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 21–28

Life events

• Otacilius Crassus broke his oath and had the surrendered recruits put to death.(The Civil War, Book III, 21–28 · 📍 Lissus)
  • “but as soon as they were brought before him, contrary to the obligation of his oath, they were inhumanly put to death in his presence.”
• The veteran soldiers escaped Otacilius Crassus’s force and returned safely to their army.(The Civil War, Book III, 21–28 · 📍 Lissus)
  • “and at daybreak, when Otacilius had sent against them a party of the horse, who guarded that part of the coast, to the number of four hundred, besides some armed men, who had followed them from the garrison, they made a brave defence, and having killed some of them, retreated in safety to our army.”

The Civil War, Book III, 21–28

• enemies with Caesar “Otacilius Crassus, who commanded Pompey's fleet, detached after them several barges and small craft, and attempted to take them.”

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