Roscillus
Family: Allobroges · Role: cavalryman · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 59–65
Roscillus, an Allobrogian cavalryman and son of Abducillus, held the chief power in his state for several years alongside his brother Aegus. In Book III of the Civil War, Caesar granted the brothers offices of honour, early seats in the senate, lands and money, but they defrauded their cavalry of pay and kept the plunder. Caesar rebuked them privately and deferred holding them to account.
The brothers plotted to assassinate Caius Volusenus Quadratus and defect to Pompey. They deserted with recruited accomplices, gave Pompey detailed intelligence about Caesar’s defenses, and are later described as having deserted to him.
Relationship record
Life events
- Roscillus and Aegus held the chief power in their state.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- With: Aegus
- “the sons of Abducillus, who for several years possessed the chief power in his own state”
- Caesar granted the brothers honours, senate seats, lands, and rewards.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- With: Caesar Aegus
- “To them, for these reasons, he had committed the offices of greatest honour in their own country, and took care to have them chosen into the senate at an unusual age, and had bestowed on them lands taken from the enemy, and large pecuniary rewards, and from being needy had made them affluent.”
- The brothers defrauded their cavalry of pay and kept the plunder.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- Caesar privately rebuked the brothers and deferred holding them to account.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- The brothers plotted to assassinate Caius Volusenus and defect to Pompey.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- With: Aegus Caius Volusenus Quadratus Pompey
- “they first attempted to assassinate Caius Volusenus, general of the horse (as was discovered at the end of the war), that they might appear to have fled to Pompey after conferring an important service on him.”
- The brothers deserted to Pompey with their recruited accomplices.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- The brothers gave Pompey detailed intelligence about Caesar’s defenses.(The Civil War, Book III, 59–65)
- Aegus and Roscillus deserted to Pompey.(The Civil War, Book III, 73–79)
The Civil War, Book III, 59–65
- siblings with Aegus “In the number of Caesar's cavalry were two Allobrogians, brothers, named Roscillus and Aegus,”
- parent: Abducillus “named Roscillus and Aegus, the sons of Abducillus,”
- commander: Caesar “In the number of Caesar's cavalry were two Allobrogians, brothers, named Roscillus and Aegus,”
- patron: Caesar “To them, for these reasons, he had committed the offices of greatest honour in their own country, and took care to have them chosen into the senate at an unusual age, and had bestowed on them lands taken from the enemy, and large pecuniary rewards, and from being needy had made them affluent.”
- enemies with Caesar “they resolved to break off from us, to put their fortune to a new hazard, and to make trial of new connections.”
- friends with Pompey “and having purchased a great number of horses, they deserted to Pompey along with those whom they had engaged in their plot.”
- enemies with Caius Volusenus Quadratus “they first attempted to assassinate Caius Volusenus, general of the horse (as was discovered at the end of the war)”
The Civil War, Book III, 73–79
- friends with Pompey (Roscillus is named among those whose retinue deserted to Pompey.) “The Allobroges, who were in the retinue of Aegus and Roscillus, and who had deserted to Pompey,”
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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.