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Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus was a Roman general, senator and consul (both in 53 BC and 40 BC) who was a loyal partisan of Caesar and Octavianus.
Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus Maximus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 283 BC. Biography. He became a candidate for the aedileship in 304 BC. He lost to Gnaeus Flavius. Five years later, however, he was elected. He was elevated to consul of the Roman Republic in 283 BC. He served with Publius Cornelius Dolabella. References
Jul 10, 2024 · Overview. Domitius Calvinus, Gnaeus. Quick Reference. ( RE 43; cf. 11) served in Asia in 62 bc, supported M. Calpurnius Bibulus when he (Calvinus) was tribune in 59, and was praetor in 56. To secure election as ... From: Domitius Calvinus, Gnaeus in The Oxford Classical Dictionary » Subjects: Classical studies. Reference entries.
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After defeating Pompey and the optimates at Pharsalus, Julius Caesar pursued his opponents to Anatolia and then to Egypt. In the Roman province of Asia, he left Calvinus in command with an army including the 36th Legion, mainly made up of veterans from Pompey's disbanded legions. With Caesar preoccupied in Egypt and the Roman Republic in the midst ...
Calvinus put his army in three lines, the classic Roman Triplex Acieswith the 36th on the right, the two Galatian legions in the centre, the newly recruited legion on the left, the Capadocians were held in reserve behind the centre. He then advanced to find Pharnaces' heavy infantry formed in deep ranks between two trenches, fronted by his skirmish...
Pharnaces tried to recover his father's old empire, he stormed a number of Roman held and Roman-Allied towns, putting Roman citizens to death, castrating Roman boys and plundering the treasuries. A subsequent rebellion in his rear prevented Pharnaces from invading Roman Asia. His son-in-law Asander led a revolt in the Bosporian kingdom forcing Phar...
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Domitius Calvinus Maximus (cos. 283 and cens. 280 ВС). The return of the Domitii Calvini in Roman politics seems to have begun with M. Domitius Calvinus, who held the praetorship c. 80 ВС. He was governor in Hispania. Citerior, but was killed in a battle against Sertorius' quaestor in 80 or 79 ВС 0).
Caesar's adoption of Octavian is usually depicted as a great surprise - picking a young teenager over his established lieutenants like Antony or Lepidus. Yet, Caesar had designated Octavian to succeed Lepidus as his magister equitum (master of horse) for 43 BC in anticipation of the planned Parthian campaign.
Oct 16, 2015 · While the Romans were occupied with their internecine struggle, Pharnaces extended his holdings along the northern coast of Asia Minor. After defeating Domitius Calvinus (fl. 53-40), a lieutenant of Julius Caesar (100-44), at the Battle of Nicopolis in October 48, he pushed into Cappadocia.
