Munius Lupercus

Family: Roman · Role: legionary commander · First appears: Histories IV.17-19

Life events

• Hordeonius Flaccus ordered Munius Lupercus to march against Civilis's forces.(Histories IV.17-19 · 📍 Batavian Island)
  • With: Hordeonius Flaccus
  • “he instructed Munius Lupercus, who commanded the two legions in winter-quarters, to march against the enemy.”
• Civilis's forces defeated the Roman auxiliaries, while the legions escaped into Castra Vetera.(Histories IV.17-19 · 📍 Castra Vetera)
  • With: Civilis
  • “Then the Ubian and Treviran auxiliaries broke in shameful flight and went wandering all over the country. The Germans pressed hard on their heels and meanwhile the legions could make good their escape into the camp, which was called 'Castra Vetera'.”
• Civilis urged the two legions at Vetera to swear allegiance to Vespasian.(Histories IV.20-23 · 📍 Vetera)
  • With: Civilis Numisius Rufus
  • “sent envoys to the two legions, who after their defeat in the former engagement had retired into Vetera, asking them to take the same oath”
• The two legion commanders rejected Civilis's appeal and maintained allegiance to Vitellius.(Histories IV.20-23 · 📍 Vetera)
  • With: Numisius Rufus Vitellius
  • “Vitellius was their emperor, and they would keep their allegiance and their arms for him so long as they had breath in their bodies”
• Munius Lupercus and Numisius Rufus strengthened Vetera's ramparts and walls.(Histories IV.20-23 · 📍 Vetera)
  • With: Numisius Rufus
  • “Munius Lupercus and Numisius Rufus, who were in command of the two legions, proceeded to strengthen the ramparts and walls”
• The commanders authorized looting to replace inadequate provisions, rapidly exhausting the camp's supplies.(Histories IV.20-23 · 📍 Vetera)
  • With: Numisius Rufus
  • “authorized the soldiers to make up the deficiency by looting, with the result that what might have supplied their needs for a long time was consumed in a few days”

Histories IV.17-19

• employer: Hordeonius Flaccus “Hordeonius Flaccus at first furthered Civilis' schemes by shutting his eyes to them. But when messengers kept arriving in panic with news that a camp had been stormed, cohorts wiped out, and not a Roman left in the Batavian Island, he instructed Munius Lupercus, who commanded the two legions in winter-quarters, to march against the enemy.”
• enemies with Civilis “Hordeonius Flaccus at first furthered Civilis' schemes by shutting his eyes to them. But when messengers kept arriving in panic with news that a camp had been stormed, cohorts wiped out, and not a Roman left in the Batavian Island, he instructed Munius Lupercus, who commanded the two legions in winter-quarters, to march against the enemy.”

Histories IV.20-23

• with Numisius Rufus (They were joint commanders of the two legions.) “Threatened with this gathering storm, Munius Lupercus and Numisius Rufus, who were in command of the two legions, proceeded to strengthen the ramparts and walls.”

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