Statius Gellius (
fl. 305 BC) was a
Samnite general who fought against the Romans, in the
Second Samnite War
The First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome and north of the Lucanian tribe. ...
. He was defeated and taken prisoner in 305 BC, at the
Battle of Bovianum
The Battle of Bovianum was fought in 305 BC between the Roman Republic, Romans and the Samnium, Samnites.
Battle
The Romans were led by two consuls, Tiberius Minucius Augurinus and Lucius Postumius Megellus (consul 305 BC), Lucius Postumius Meg ...
.
[Livy, ix. 44. 13.]
See also
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Gellia gens
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Gellius Egnatius
Gellius Egnatius (died 295 BC) was the leader of the Varriani, a leading clan of the Samnites during the Third Samnite War, which broke out in 298 BC. By the end of the second campaign the Samnites appeared completely defeated, however in the follo ...
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Aulus Gellius
Aulus Gellius (c. 125after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his ''Attic Nights'', a commonplace book, or ...
References
4th-century BC people
Generals
Samnite people
Statius
Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; ; ) was a Greco-Roman poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving Latin poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, ...
Prisoners of war
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