Appius

Family: Roman · Role: plenipotentiary · First appears: Book 7 · Chapter 9

In Book 7, Chapter 9, Appius’s embassy included Areus and Alcibiades, whose presence was unlikely to please the Achæans. When Lycortas defended them, Appius and his suite jeered at his speech; Appius’s council then declared Areus and Alcibiades innocent and permitted Spartan envoys to visit Rome.

At Sparta, Roman commissioners restored exiles and remitted fines imposed on those condemned in their absence. Appius favoured the Lacedæmonians and opposed the Achæans, securing Roman support for restoring Messenian and Achæan exiles to their rights.

Relationship record

Life events

• Appius’s council declared Areus and Alcibiades innocent and permitted Spartan envoys to visit Rome.(Book 7 · Chapter 9)
  • With: Areus (son of Acrotatus) Alcibiades
  • “passed a vote that Areus and Alcibiades had committed no crime against the Achæans, and allowed the Lacedæmonians to send envoys to Rome”
• Lycortas defended the Achæans while Appius’s party mocked his speech.(Book 7 · Chapter 9)
  • With: Lycortas
  • “But Appius and his suite jeered at Lycortas’ speech”
• Roman commissioners restored exiles to Sparta and remitted fines imposed on those condemned in absence.(Book 7 · Chapter 9 · 📍 Sparta)
  • “And they restored to Sparta those that had been exiled by the Achæans, and they remitted the fines of those who had absconded before judgment, and had been condemned in their absence.”
• Appius secured Roman support for restoring Messenian and Achæan exiles to their rights.(Book 7 · Chapter 9)
  • “as Appius greatly favoured the Lacedæmonians, and on all occasions went against the Achæans, whatever the Messenian or Achæan exiles wished was sure to come off without any difficulty”

Book 7 · Chapter 9

• with Areus (Spartan exile) (Areus accompanied Appius as a member of his suite.) “But this embassy was not likely to please the Achæans, inasmuch as in Appius’ suite were Areus and Alcibiades, whom the Achæans detested at this time.”
• with Alcibiades (Alcibiades accompanied Appius as a member of his suite.) “But this embassy was not likely to please the Achæans, inasmuch as in Appius’ suite were Areus and Alcibiades, whom the Achæans detested at this time.”
• with Lycortas (Appius jeered at Lycortas’ speech.) “But Appius and his suite jeered at Lycortas’ speech, and passed a vote that Areus and Alcibiades had committed no crime against the Achæans, and allowed the Lacedæmonians to send envoys to Rome, thus contravening the previous convention between the Romans and Achæans.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.